Author(s)

Mohammad-Hossein Biglu¹, Mostafa Ghavami^2*, Sahar Dadashpour³

¹Basic Science Department, Paramedical Faculty, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
²Radiology Department, Paramedical Faculty, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
³Iranian Center of Excellence in Health Management, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.

Library anxiety is an unpleasant feeling that is experienced in a library location; it has behavioral, psychological, emotional and cognitive effect, which can be harmful for students’ academic career. The purpose of current study was to investigate the relationship between Library anxiety and the Big Five personality factors (neuroticism, extraversion, openness-to-experience, agreeableness, and conscientiousness) using a multivariate approach among students in Ardabil university. The participants were students of Ardabil University of Medical Sciences of which a sample of 580 students was randomly selected. And the assessment methods were revised. The short form of NEO Inventory [1] and the library anxiety questionnaire [2] were used to gather the data. The results showed that Neuroticism increased library anxiety in students, and with increasing the level of education, library anxiety is reduced, whereas by increasing the semester the library anxiety of students increases.

Library Anxiety, Big Five Personality Factors, Students

Biglu, M. , Ghavami, M. and Dadashpour, S. (2016) Big Five Personality Factors and Library Anxiety. Journal of Behavioral and Brain Science, 6, 377-385. doi: 10.4236/jbbs.2016.69036.