The 6th International Conference Edu World 2014 “Education Facing Contemporary WorldIssues”, 7th - 9th November 2014
Correlative study between the personality factors and painperception at young students at psychology
Present research tries to prove the existence of significant correlations between personality traits and pain perception, taking as
research group students in psychology, ages between 19 and 23, from University of Bucharest. The testing instruments employed
were: Hexaco-PI-R (Kibeom Lee & Michael C. Ashton) and Pain Perception Questionnaire (Vienna Tests System, 2012). The
results provided only few correlations between Cognitive Control Diligence, Modesty and Anxiety. Hence, pain perception is not
related with personality traits at young students in psychology, conclusion which is very important for practicing their profession