Cognitive Styles and Self-Awareness as Predictors of Personality Traits aAmong Psychologists in the Northern Governorates

Abstract

The current study aimed to reveal the predictive ability of cognitive styles and self-awareness as predictors of personality traits among psychologists in the northern governorates, and to identify the most important cognitive styles and personality traits among psychologists in the northern governorates. Determine their level of self-awareness, and explore the nature of the differences in the average responses of study sample members on each of the measures (cognitive methods, self-awareness, personality traits) attributed to variables (gender, educational qualification, years of service). The researcher used the descriptive, correlational, predictive approach, and the study sample consisted of (132) male and female psychologists in the northern governorates. The results showed that psychologists used all cognitive styles at a high level, with the most common planning style being the innovation style, followed by the cognitive style. The results also showed that the level of self-awareness among psychologists in the northern governorates was high, and personality traits came in order: "Vigilance of conscience at a high level, followed by extroversion, then kindness, then openness, then neuroticism in last place, all of which came at average levels." The results concluded that there were no statistically significant differences in the areas of the cognitive methods scale and self-awareness among psychologists in the northern governorates due to variables (gender, or educational qualification, Or years of service), and the areas of personality traits are attributed to the variable of years of service, and the presence of statistically significant differences in some areas of the personality traits scale is attributed to the gender variable, in the area of extroversion in favor of males, openness and kindness in favor of females, and is attributed to the variable of academic qualification in the area of conscientiousness in favor of postgraduate holders. The results revealed that cognitive styles (cognitive style, planning style, innovation style) did not affect as predictors the domain of neuroticism, openness, kindness, and conscientiousness as one of the domains of personality traits, and cognitive styles (cognitive style, planning style) did not affect as predictors of the domain of extroversion, while the innovation style as a predictor of the domain of extroversion affects personality traits, and self-awareness as a predictor of the domain of neuroticism, extroversion, and kindness affects personality traits. While self-awareness as a predictor of openness and conscientiousness did not affect personality traits. The study recommended the necessity of subjecting psychologists to training programs aimed at developing their self-awareness, with a focus on the dimensions of insight and contemplation, and working to train psychologists to employ cognitive methods, especially innovation and planning patterns, in their work.