Sadegheh Aeinehvand; Ali Delavar; Afsaneh Mozaffari; Nasim Majidi Ghahroodi
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of personality traits in quality of life of female-headed households. The method of this research is applied in terms of purpose and in terms of data collection, it is a descriptive survey. The statistical population in this study is women heads of ...
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of personality traits in quality of life of female-headed households. The method of this research is applied in terms of purpose and in terms of data collection, it is a descriptive survey. The statistical population in this study is women heads of households referred to Entrepreneurship Centers of Tehran Municipality who visited in spring. About 4,400 people are reported to be members of the center. Therefore, 352 people who were selected by proportional stratified sampling method. The main tool for data collection in this research is questionnaire. The validity of this questionnaire was confirmed by validity (experts' approval) and construct validity (confirmatory factor analysis test). The reliability of the questionnaire was also confirmed by Cronbach's alpha coefficient. Questionnaire data were analyzed using LISREL software. The normality of the data from the questionnaire was confirmed by the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test. Then, the construct validity was confirmed by confirmatory factor analysis. Finally, regression analysis revealed that personality traits in general had a significant effect on the quality of life of female-headed households. Also, all five dimensions of personality traits (order of magnitude), such as empathy, agreeableness, neuroticism, extraversion, and conscientiousness, have a direct and significant effect on the quality of life of female-headed households.
