Personality traits as predictors of forgiveness and gratitude

This study was conducted to explore personality traits in relation to the forgiveness and gratitude. furthermore,it was also aimed to investigate the impact of personality traits on these two phenomenons. for this purpose,data of 403 undergraduates and post-graduate students (110 males and 293 females) of bahauddin zakariya university multan,pakistan was collected. three scales including big five inventory,forgiveness scale and gratitude questionnaire were used to assess personality traits,forgiveness and gratitude respectively. the findings revealed positive effect of some personality traits such as extrovert,agreeableness and conscientiousness on forgiveness (r=0.994; p < 0.001; r=0.994; p < 0.001; r=0.991; p < 0.001) respectively and gratitude (r=0.973; p < 0.001; r=0.973; p < 0.001; r=-0.984; p < 0.001) correspondingly whereas other traits like neuroticism and openness showed negative impact on forgiveness (r=-0.989; p < 0.001; r=-0.989; p < 0.001) and gratitude (r=-0.980; p < 0.001; r=0.971; p < 0.001). in conclusion,the relationship between gratitude and forgiveness was observed to be positively correlated. hence,people who are outgoing,social and helping tend to show more characteristics of forgiveness and gratitude.