Abstract

The objective of this study was to examine the validity of the factors influencing the students’ Big Five Personality Trait Development of Chinese private university students in Chengdu. Survey research design was used with a distribution of questionnaires to a sample of 408 subjects. The research applied the Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) to confirm and validate the five factors of Openness to Experience, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness, and Neuroticism. The results revealed that the five-factors model of Big five Personality showing satisfactory model fit across all five dimensions (CFI=0.921, IFI=0.922, TLI=0.912, RMSEA=0.041, GFI= 0.875, CMIN/DF=1.679) that supported the stability and explanatory power of the five-factor structure of private university students in Chengdu. The overall findings highlighted the fact that while students’ personality traits varied across individuals and contextual factors, applying effective institutional strategies can play a crucial role in enhancing students' holistic personality development.

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