Hubungan Grit dengan tipe Kepribadian Big Five Personality pada Guru SD Negeri Sidikalang

Abstract

In the ever-changing field of education, teachers are expected to possess strong psychological characteristics, one of which is grit the passion and perseverance to achieve long term goals. This study aims to examine the relationship between grit and the Big Five Personality traits among public elementary school teachers in Sidikalang District. The instruments used were a grit scale based on Duckworth’s theory developed by the research team of the Grit Scale at the Faculty Psychology, North of Sumatra and the IPIP-BFM-25 translated by Akhtar and Azwar scale to measure the five personality traits. Data analysis was conducted using Pearson Product Moment correlation. The results showed that the correlation between grit and conscientiosness was positive but not significantly related (r = 0,014; p= 0,918). The correlation with extraversion (r = -0,247; p= 0,057), agreeableness ( r = -0,166; p= 0,205), neuroticism (r = -0,131; p= 0,318), and openness (r = 0,141; p= 0,283).Based on the results of this study, it shows that grit is an aspect of an individual that is not always related to the personality type that a has person. Keywords: Grit, Big Five Personality,Teachers.