Analysis of handwriting characteristics of adolescents in relation to their personality leadership and self acceptance

Abstract

The study aimed to examine the relationship of handwriting characteristics with personality, Leadership style and Self-Acceptance. The study was conducted in two phases; in first phase, handwriting tool was developed and standardized on a sample of 500 secondary and senior secondary students and in second phase, the data was collected from a sample of 504 eleventh class students, using stratified random sampling technique from various government and private schools of Chandigarh and Punjab. The data was collected using four standardized tools, i.e., Handwriting Analysis Scale; Eysenck s Personality Questionnaire; Dubey Multifactor Leadership questionnaire; Kakkar s Self-Acceptance Inventory. Scores of Handwriting Analysis Scale (HAS), Personality, Leadership style and Self-Acceptance were co-related to the handwriting characteristics of slants to the right, left or upright; size of handwriting; formulation of angle, the sharp points; space between lines and words; final stroke of letter e ; t-bars cross the t stem; loops of lower parts of y and g, identity words. Findings were determined by using t-test and Coefficients of Correlation were calculated as required. The results of the study revealed that handwriting analysis scores of eleventh class students were significantly correlated with personality (psychoticism component), leadership style, and Self-Acceptance at 0.01 level of significance, where as no significant correlation was found between extroversion and neuroticism dimensions of personality. newline