Personality traits and demographic characteristics: a validation study of the Big Five in the Moroccan context

<p><strong>Context and relevance.</strong> This study investigates the Big Five personality traits within the Moroccan context, exploring their relationship with age, gender, and education level. <strong>Objective</strong>. This study aimed to assess the psyc...

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Main Authors: Kh. Chraibi, M. Lamouine, I. Chaker, A. Zahi
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Language:English
Published: Moscow State University of Psychology and Education 2025-06-01
Series:Психолого-педагогические исследования
Online Access:https://psyjournals.ru/en/journals/psyedu/archive/2025_n2/Chraibi_Lamouine_et_al
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author Kh. Chraibi
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description <p><strong>Context and relevance.</strong> This study investigates the Big Five personality traits within the Moroccan context, exploring their relationship with age, gender, and education level. <strong>Objective</strong>. This study aimed to assess the psychometric properties of the Arabic BFI within the Moroccan population and to explore the relationship between personality traits and various demographic factors. <strong>Methods and materials. </strong>Using the Arabic version of the Big Five Inventory (BFI), we surveyed 1537 individuals across Morocco. <strong>Results.</strong> The Arabic BFI displayed acceptable internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha = 0,72), and good convergent and discriminant validity. There were gender differences, with women scoring higher on neuroticism and men scoring higher on openness and conscientiousness. Age showed significant associations, with neuroticism decreasing and extraversion, agreeableness, and conscientiousness increasing as individuals grew older. <strong>Conclusions. </strong>These findings confirm that the instrument can be used in Arabic-speaking populations and provide valuable insights into the nature of personality traits within the Moroccan population in the North African context.</p>
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spelling doaj-art-fe29953e98334a2da9efc8b97d6103592025-08-20T03:31:57ZengMoscow State University of Psychology and EducationПсихолого-педагогические исследования2587-61392025-06-01172365210.17759/psyedu.2025170203Personality traits and demographic characteristics: a validation study of the Big Five in the Moroccan contextKh. Chraibi0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1478-3846M. Lamouine1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5678-6290I. Chaker2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6796-669XA. Zahi3https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1438-1484University of Sidi Mohamed Ben AbdellahAl Akhawayn UniversityUniversity of Sidi Mohamed Ben AbdellahUniversity of Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah <p><strong>Context and relevance.</strong> This study investigates the Big Five personality traits within the Moroccan context, exploring their relationship with age, gender, and education level. <strong>Objective</strong>. This study aimed to assess the psychometric properties of the Arabic BFI within the Moroccan population and to explore the relationship between personality traits and various demographic factors. <strong>Methods and materials. </strong>Using the Arabic version of the Big Five Inventory (BFI), we surveyed 1537 individuals across Morocco. <strong>Results.</strong> The Arabic BFI displayed acceptable internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha = 0,72), and good convergent and discriminant validity. There were gender differences, with women scoring higher on neuroticism and men scoring higher on openness and conscientiousness. Age showed significant associations, with neuroticism decreasing and extraversion, agreeableness, and conscientiousness increasing as individuals grew older. <strong>Conclusions. </strong>These findings confirm that the instrument can be used in Arabic-speaking populations and provide valuable insights into the nature of personality traits within the Moroccan population in the North African context.</p>https://psyjournals.ru/en/journals/psyedu/archive/2025_n2/Chraibi_Lamouine_et_al
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title Personality traits and demographic characteristics: a validation study of the Big Five in the Moroccan context
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title_short Personality traits and demographic characteristics: a validation study of the Big Five in the Moroccan context
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