Predicting of Academic Boredom According to Alexithymia and Big Five Factors of Personality for Elementary Stage Students

 
Summary:
 
   The current study purposed to determine magnitude of relative contribution of alexithymia and big five factors of personality (neuroticism- extraversion- openness to experience- agreeableness- conscientiousness) in predicting academic boredom for elementary stage, detect the differences in academic boredom by difference of alexithymia level (high/ low), also identify the differences in academic boredom and alexithymia   according gender (boys/ girls), The study was proceed on (375) from elementary stage students, fifth grade (boys/ girls) from some elementary schools, Department of Instructional Matrouh, (198 boys, 177 girls), ages between (10- 11) years, M. (10.56) and SD. (0.33). Researcher used scales of alexithymia and academic boredom for elementary stage students prepared by Researcher, addition to Big Five Factors of Personality Inventory Prepared by Costa & McCrae (1992) Transla into Arabic by Badr Mohammed Al-Ansary (1997). The results mentioned to contribution of alexithymia and factors of extraversion, neuroticism, and conscientiousness (79.8%) in predicting academic boredom, the relative contribution of each of variable was (71%, 6.6%, 1.2%, 1%), there were significant differences in academic boredom and its dimensions (emotional, cognitive, physiological, motivational) by difference of alexithymia level (high/ low), and there were no significant differences in academic boredom and alexithymia and these dimensions according to gender (boys/ girls).