The Big Five personality factors in bullying behavior among primary school students

        The current study aimed to identify the predictive ability of the Big Five personality factors in bullying behavior among primary school students. The sample consisted of (453) male and female students ranging in age from (9-12) years, with an average age of (10.18) and a standard deviation of (0.735) years, divided into (225) females and (225) males from government schools. The researcher used the scale of bullying behavior for children and adolescents, and the scale of the big five factors prepared by the researcher. The results came to the following: - There are statistically significant differences between males and females in each of the Kindness, conscientiousness, and overall score on the scale of the five major factors of personality in favor of females. - There are no statistically significant differences between males and females in neuroticism, extroversion and openness to experience. - There are statistically significant differences between males and females in the total degree and the degree of sub-dimensions in bullying behavior, both of which are in the direction of males. - There is a statistically significant inverse correlation between bullying behavior and its sub-dimensions and the total score of the Big Five factors and their sub-dimensions. There is a statistically significant inverse correlation between the total degree of bullying behavior and both extroversion, kindness, conscientiousness and openness to experience. There is a positive correlation between the total degree of bullying behavior and neuroticism. There are statistically significant differences in bullying behavior due to the school grade in the direction of the fifth grade of primary school.