Personality Traits of Public Secondary School Principals in Urbiztondo, Division of Pangasinan

Abstract

This descriptive-normative study examined the personality traits of 337 teachers and 9 school administrators in public secondary schools across four districts of Urbiztondo, Pangasinan. The investigation focused on five key areas: contribution of personality traits to wholesome personality, factors affecting personality, encountered problems, need for personality improvement, and beliefs about physical characteristics. Results indicated that personality traits moderately contributed to wholesome personality (AWM=2.15). Intellectual factors (AWM=2.38) and creativity/critical thinking (AWM=2.39) showed much effect on personality development. Teachers encountered moderately serious problems including lack of self-control (AWM=1.86) and pretenses (AWM=1.85). A moderate need for personality improvement was identified (AWM=2.09). Physical characteristics played a moderate extent (AWM=1.73) on impressions made on others. ANOVA results revealed no significant differences among the four district groups across all variables, leading to acceptance of all null hypotheses at α=0.05.