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PERSONALITY TYPE A AND B AS CORRELATES OF EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AMONG MALE AND FEMALE

UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS IN NORTH-CENTRAL NIGERIA

Bibire A. Hussein

Submitted

November 15, 2025

Accepted

December 5, 2025

Published

January 2, 2026
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Abstract

This study examines personality type A and B as correlates of emotional intelligence of undergraduate students in North-Central, Nigeria. The study adopted a descriptive correlational survey of 378 200-level Social Science undergraduates in North-Central Nigeria, selected via proportionate and simple random sampling techniques. Data were collected using adapted Type A and B Personality and Emotional Intelligence questionnaires, both of which were validated and reliable, and analyzed using means, percentages, and the Chi-square test. The findings of the study revealed that the common dimensions of personality type among undergraduate students in North-Central, Nigeria, were achievement striving. It is revealed that the personality type among undergraduate students was type B. It is also found that the level of emotional intelligence of undergraduate students was average, and that there is no statistically significant relationship between personality types and emotional intelligence among the undergraduates. The study found achievement striving as the dominant personality trait among undergraduates in North-Central Nigeria, with Type B predominance. Emotional intelligence was average, and no significant relationship existed between personality type and emotional intelligence. It was recommended that students across personality types should have a better understanding of each other’s emotions to relate harmoniously in the school setting. The university management should introduce universal emotional development programs to foster emotional intelligence across all personality types

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