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Research on Relationship between Neuroticism and Gender The current research study has been conducted with the intention of noting the demographic peculiarity of gender that influence occurrence of neuroticism tendencies. To address this need, the research used pre-structured questionnaires administered through between subjects design to collect primary data. 221 research participants were recruited using purposive selection approaches that focused on convenience whereby psychology class students acted as the participants, along with their family members. The primary data was subjected to data analysis using SPSS software whereby it was noted that gender had some influence on neuroticism since the female participants (n = 130; mean = 3.1538; Std. Dev. = .76969) were noted to have a higher score when compared to their male counterparts (n = 91; mean = 3.0879; Std. Dev. = .67327). The research concludes with the assertion that the results validate claims that gender can be used to model neuroticism. It recommends that future research include a larger sample to make the results more generalizable, address ethics concerns through a confidentiality agreement, and include more questions to address the multidimensional nature of neuroticism. Research on Relationship between Neuroticism and Gender Introduction and Background Neuroticism is the psychological term referring to the disorder associated with the tendency or predilection for expressing negative emotions. In fact, neurotic persons are associated with depressive states where they suffer more severe cases of anxiety, anger, envy and/or guilt. In this case, a neurotic person will be sensitive to environment stress,
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