Hardiness and the Big Five personality traits among Chinese university students

This study examines the construct of hardiness with the Big Five personality traits among 362 Chinese university students. Participants in the study responded to the Dispositional Hardiness Scale (Bartone, Ursano, Wright, & Ingraham, 1989) and the Revised NEO Personality Inventory (Costa & McCrae, 1992). Results indicate that personality traits statistically predicted hardiness beyond age and gender among Chinese university students. These results support the argument that hardiness represents a healthy personality disposition. Implications of the present findings are discussed for university teachers and for university counselors.