Abstract

The purpose of present study is to identify the difference of personality traits among three groups(Ego Resilients, Ego Undercontrollers, Ego Overcontrollers) classified by Ego Resilience and Ego Control. Participants were Classified by CCQ Ego Resilience Scale(CCQ-ERS) and CCQ Ego Control Scale(CCQ-ECS), and measured for personality traits by the NEO-PI-R Three groups were classified by Ego Resilience and Ego Control variables. The first group of children may be labeled Ego Resilients, characterized by high level of Ego Resilience and intermediate level of Ego Control. Their personality traits were extraverted, agreeable, conscientious, emotionally stable and open to experience. The second group of children may be described as Ego Undercontrollers, characterized by low level of Ego Resilience reflecting brittle in the situational stress and a strong tendency toward undercontrol. They were extraverted and open to experience, but emotionally unstable and low level of conscientiousness. Children of the third and final group may be named Ego Overcontrollers, characterized by low in Ego Resilience and tendency toward ovetcontrol. Ego Overcontrollers were highly introverted, emotionally unstable and also low level of conscientiousness and openness to experience. Implications and limitations of these findings were discussed.