A study on the relationship between personality types A and B and problem solving styles in the students of Torbate Heydarieh Universities

Abstract

The present study was performed to study the relationship between personality types A and B and problem solving styles in the students of Torbate Heydarieh Universities. The statistical population included all elected students with the sample size of 300 (150 girls and 150 boys) that were selected by Single-stage cluster and random sampling method. Data were obtained by using personality types A and B questionnaire and Heppner and Peterson problem-solving questionnaire (PSI). The results showed that there is a significant relationship between personality type A and the components of problem solving styles and personality type B has a significant relationship with the components 3 and 1.