Characterization and indicative of personality disorder in university students

Abstract

Objective: Evaluates the personality of Administration students at night of a University in the northwest of Rio Grande do Sul, looking from the identification of personality traits and indicative of disorders of it. Method: Quantitative, descriptive, conducted from April to June of 2010. It used a sociodemographic questionnaire and a neuroticism scale factor – it investigates vulnerability, psychosocial disturbance, anxiety and depression. Results: The prevalence of leisure activities, that are related with welfare and quality of life. In the personality evaluation was found that most of the students showed expected scores in the four dimensions evaluated, what means that they do not show disorders symptoms. Conclusion: A large percentage of students showed scores that were not expected in the four dimensions evaluated, indicating that important symptoms are experienced eventually