Personality Type and Friendship among Emerging Adults

Personality of an individual determines the different dimensions of friendship. This study aimed to explore relationship among personality type A & B characteristics and dimensions of friendship in emerging adults. A total of 180 emerging adults within the age range of 22-25 years living in nuclear families, equally divided according to gender (90 women & 90 men) from three selected disciplines (30 each) Arts, Science and Commerce were selected through purposive sampling technique. For the present study, two inventories, namely The Scale ‘ABBPS’ by Dhar and Jain (2001) and Dimensions of Friendship Scale (DFS) by Chandna & Chandha (1986) were used to obtain data. Results on Dimension of Friendship Scale (DFS) revealed that emerging adults rated Trust, Respect, Mutual Assistance and Spontaneity higher than the other dimensions. Gender differences were also reported on the same A significant difference was found in Personality Type B participants whose discipline was Arts. On contrary, there was no significant difference found in Personality Type A participants. In conclusion, present study would be helpful to academicians, counselors, clinicians to understand the dynamics of friendship among Personality type A & B.