The Examining Causal Model of Wisdom:Explaining Effect of Personality and Coping Self-Efficcy

the purpose of this study was to investigate wisdom on the basis of big five personalities through the mediating role of coping self-efficacy. the sample consisted of 400 (261 women, 139 men) students from Shiraz University which were chosen via random cluster sampling method. They completed Self-Assessed Wisdom Scale, Big five personality and Coping Self-Efficacy Scale. The structural equation modeling approach were used. The results indicated that the data were fitted with the model. There were direct effects of big five personalities (extraversion β= 0/16 and agreeableness β= 0/22, P=0/001) on wisdom. Also there were indirect effect big five personalities (extraversion β= 0/11, openness to experience β= 0/04, conscientiousness β= 0/14, and neuroticism β= - 0/25, P=0/001) on wisdom by the mediating role of coping self-efficacy. The findings suggested that big five personalities enhance wisdom directly and indirectly. Thus, training coping self-efficacy, setting the appropriate environments and designing of educational packages can help all the people with different personality to be cable of being wisdom.