PERSONALITY TRAITS OF IT LITIGANTS (THOSE WHO APPLIED FOR DIVORCE) IN CHENNAI

Abstract

The researcher has selected 399 Information technology professionals to investigate the level of personality traits those who approached the family courts in Chennai for marital split. Neo Five Factor Inventory by McCrea Costa was used to collect the data from them. The data were collected by interview technique. Descriptive statistics was used to analyze the findings. Results showed that 96% of the divorce litigants have very low conscientiousness, 70% of them have high or very high level of neuroticism and 85% of them have very low level of agreeableness. Study emphasized that the psychological aspects of these professionals needs to be taken care.