Generally, different individuals have the
tendency to perform differently while reading. Despite such variation, studies
have shown that readers have the tendency to be consistent in their
performance. Studies have also found such consistency can be traced to the
personality traits of the subjects. Hence, the purpose of the study is to investigate
the relationship between personality traits and reading proficiency score. The respondents
of this study are mainly third semester diploma students of various courses
from one of the leading institution of higher learning in Malaysia involving
313 students. The respondents are required to sit for a reading proficiency
test and a personality trait test. An analysis of variance is used to see
whether certain personality traits can be associated to reading proficiency.
Using a one way analysis of variance, it is found that none of the personality
traits show significant relationship to reading proficiency as p>0.05.
However, despite the insignificant relationship between reading proficiency and
personality traits, it is found that there are some negative correlations
between reading proficiency score and personality traits.