title: Silencing the self and the big five: a personological profile of silent women.
abstract: This study examined the correlations between scores on Jack and Dill's 1992 Silencing the Self Scale and Costa and McCrae's 1985 Big Five personality factors among 146 female undergraduates. Analyses indicated the Silencing the Self scores were positively correlated with those on Neuroticism and negatively correlated with those on Openness, Extraversion, and Agreeableness. In addition, regression analysis indicated that Neuroticism and Openness scores showed the greatest contribution to Silencing the Self scores. These findings suggest the possible importance of studying personality traits in women who utilize the silencing the self schema in interpersonal contexts.
authors.affiliation: Loyola College, 4501 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21210, USA.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Witte
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Sherman
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Flynn
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D004532:Ego; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D007439:Introversion, Psychological; D010555:Personality Inventory; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology