An Empirical Study on Personality Characteristics of College Volunteers: Based on the Collected Data from Shanghai Expo

摘要

Objective : This study is to investigate the personality characteristics of student volunteers, which would provide a reference to select and train qualified volunteers for the future. Methods : 233 student volunteers and 236 non-volunteers are selected for our study. Based on the data of 16PF personality exported from the database, statistical software SPSS15.0 is used to conduct data analysis. Result : Volunteers and non-volunteers have significant differences of personality: the 16 basic personality factors, the gregariousness, excitement, daring and independence scores are significantly different; in the other eight binary factors, emotional and serene in the alert type, introverted and extroverted type, timid and bold type factors have significantly different scores. Male and female volunteers have significant personality difference in some respects. Conclusion : College student volunteers have obvious personality traits of extroversion, optimism, cheerfulness, enthusiasm, self-confidence etc. In addition, male and female volunteers have gender differences in personality characteristics in some aspects.