Predictive Roles of Personality Traits on Psychological Wellbeing among Nurses in Public Hospitals in Benue State, Nigeria

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This study investigated predictive role of personality traits on psychological wellbeing among nurses of public in Benue State, Nigeria. The participants comprised 286 nurses, 122 (42.7%) males and 164 (57.3%) females with mean age of 44.4 and SD of 5.15. A cross -sectional survey design was used for the study. They were drawn from nine public hospitals using purposive sampling technique. The Big five personality and Ruff psychological wellbeing scales were used for data collection. The study hypothesis was tested using multiple regression. The findings revealed that only neuroticism significantly and negatively influenced psychological wellbeing (β=-.397, t = -6.621, P<.01), implying that nurses who score high in neuroticism reported low level of psychological wellbeing. Result also showed that agreeableness (β = -.172, t= 4.634, p<.01) and neuroticism (β = .844, t = 23.643, p<.01) significantly influenced autonomy. Also, only neuroticism (β= -.132, t= -2.165, p<.05) significantly influenced self-acceptance. Based on these findings, it is recommended that Government hospitals should tailoured positive intervention toward traits like agreeableness and neuroticism in a bid to enhance the autonomy and overall psychological wellbeing of nurses