THE BIG-FIVE PERSONALITY FACTORS AS PREDICTORS OF OBSESSION-COMPULSION AMONG A SAMPLE OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS FROM SUDAN

The aim of the present study was to explore associations between Big-Five (B-F) personality factors and obsession-compulsion. A sample Khartoum University students recruited (N = 547). They responded Arabic Personality Inventory Scale Obsession-Compulsion-Revised. Results indicated that women obtained a significantly higher mean scores than did men on agreeableness, neuroticism, extraversion, but size effects were small. Obsession-compulsion positively associated with openness, conscientiousness (in men), agreeableness women). Principal components analysis extracted two high-loaded in both sexes labeled: “Stable personality”, “Psychological disorder”. Regression predictors obsession-compulsion openness men, R2 .18), conscientiousness, women, .23). These results refer B-F obsession compulsion, particularly neuroticism. In psychotherapy, amelioration neuroticism may reduce symptoms