TPC-Journal-V4-Issue4

The Professional Counselor \Volume 4, Issue 4 383 Figure 5 shows the real-self and the preferred-self personality traits of the undergraduate students in phase 2. The undergraduate students did not indicate any extreme low scores (less than 30) or extreme high scores (more than 70) in phase 2. In this phase, the researchers found 27 traits to be significantly different ( p < 0.05) between the real self and the preferred self. Five of the 27 traits (negativity, support seeking, self-blaming, security seeking and intellectualistic) were found to be significantly higher in the real self than the preferred self. The following 22 of the 27 traits were found to be significantly higher in the preferred self than the real self: optimistic, achievement, dominance, endurance, order, psychologically perceptive, nurturance, affiliation, social energy, exhibition, self-confidence, personal adjustment, self-satisfaction, creativity, structure valuing, masculinity, respectful, work centered, playful, affected, pragmatic and scientific. Figure 4. Undergraduate students’ personality traits (real/preferred) in phase 1. * p < 0.05 . ** p < 0.01. Figure 5 . Undergraduate students’ personality traits (real/preferred) in phase 2. * p < 0.05 . ** p < 0.01. 40 50 60 Enthusiasm **Optimism **Negativity Communality **Achievement **Dominance **Endurance **Order **Psychologically Perceptive *Nurturance **Affiliation *Social Energy Exhibition Autonomy *Aggression Change **Support Seeking **Self-Blaming Deference Counseling Readiness Self-Control **Self-Confidence **Personal Adjustment **Self-Satisfaction **Creativity **Structure Valuing **Masculinity Femininity *Fault Finding **Respectful **Work Centered **Playful **Security Seeking Affected *Intellectualistic Pragmatic **Scientific Real Self Preferred Self 40 50 60 Enthusiasm **Optimism **Negativity Communality **Achievement **Dominance **Endurance **Order **Psychologically Perceptive *Nurturance **Affiliation **Social Energy **Exhibition Autonomy Aggression Change **Support Seeking **Self-Blaming Deference Counseling Readiness Self-Control **Self-Confidence **Personal Adjustment **Self-Satisfaction **Creativity **Structure Valuing **Masculinity Femininity Fault Finding **Respectful **Work Centered **Playful **Security Seeking *Affected **Intellectualistic *Pragmatic **Scientific Real Self Preferred Self