The Study of Relationship between Mind Reading Ability and Big Five Factors of Personality

Mind reading is a social cognitive ability of brain. The purpose of present study was to study the relationship between mind reading and big five factors of personality. In this cross-sectional study, 220 (104 male and 116 female) student of Tehran and Shahid Beheshti universities were selected by convenient sampling. Baron-cohen’s Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test and short form of NEO questionnaire (NEO-FFI) were used as the research tools. Data were analyzed through Spearman correlation and multiple regressions. The results of Pearson correlation showes that mind reading is positively correlated with agreeableness and negatively correlated with neuroticisms (P<0.001). The results of multiple regressions indicates predictive role of agreeableness and neuroticisms factors in mind reading ability of participants. Results of this study suggests that propensity or motivation to attend to the mental state of others may be related to agreeableness and neuroticisms as a two trait of personality.