The Relationship of secondary grade student's personality and identity styles with their life satisfaction

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship of personality characteristics and identity styles with life satisfaction in Shiraz secondary students. To do so, a sample consisting of 223 females and177 males was selected through multi stage cluster sampling method. The participants were requested to complete Costa and McCrae five-factor personality NEO-FFI, Berzonsky identity styles and Diner life satisfaction test. The results showed that there was a significant relationship between identity styles and life satisfaction. There was also a significant relationship between personality characteristics and life satisfaction. Personality characteristics were significant predictor of life satisfaction for students. Identity styles were identified to be a significant predictor of life satisfaction for students. There wasn’t any significant difference between male and female students’ life satisfaction in various educational groups.