The prediction of positive and negative self-talk based on enneagram personality types in university students

The present study was conducted to determine the predictors of positive and negative self-talk based on enneagram personality types in students. The design of the present study was descriptive and correlational. A total of 215 students who were studying virtually during the quarantine period due to the Covid-19 epidemic in 2020 were selected from different fields of study by convenience sampling method and used the Calvete Self-Talk Inventory (2005) and Riso-Hudson Enneagram Type Indicator (2003) responded voluntarily. In order to analyze the data, Pearson correlation coefficient and multivariate regression analysis were used after controlling the age variable. Findings indicate that the Investigator type directly and significantly predicts positive self-talk scores (β = 0.35, p = 0.049) and the individualistic type directly and significantly predicts negative self-talk scores (β = 47, p = 0.023). In total, the predictor variables explained 13% and 22% of the variance of the criterion variables of positive and negative self-talk, respectively. Other dimensions of enneagram personality did not significantly determine self-efficacy scores (p> 0.05). The desire to discover the secrets of the world, thinking and researching, and not expecting others to be self-sufficient is the basis for positive self-talk in the "Investigator ". In addition, the tragedy of lost love and the love of poetic preconceptions, isolationism, emotional sensitivity, and dissatisfaction with the status quo predispose individuals with an "individualist" to depression and are accompanied by negative self-talk. The findings of this study open a window to understanding the relationship between the dimensions of human personality and dialogue with oneself.