A POSSIBLE CORRELATION BETWEEN THE MAJOR PERSONALITY TRAITS WITH BLOOD GROUPS IN THE POPULATION OF DARBHANGA DISTRICT-A COMMISSIONARY TOWN OF NORTH BIHAR, INDIA

This study investigated possible correlation between blood groups and personality traits within a population of Darbhanga, Bihar.The five factor model (FFM) has been considered by psychologists as a popular and powerful approach for the study of personality traits. These include neuroticism, extraversion, openness, agreeableness, and conscientiousness. Recognition of blood groups could help in the recognition personality traits. This is a possible correlation between the major personality traits with blood groups within a population of Darbhanga, Bihar. After testing blood groups of participants (A, B, AB, and O) and then completed the 44-item inventory was used for data collection(John and Srivastava, 1999), considered as a reliable and valid assessment tool of the five traits of personality. Participants responded to each item using a five-point Like scale, 1)Disagree strongly 2).Disagree little 3).Neither agree nor disagree 4)Agree a little 5.)Agree strongly. The data was analyzed using descriptive statistics including frequency distribution tables, mean, standard deviation, one-way ANOVA tests and post hoc LSD tests. Mean Score of neuroticism in blood groups O,AB,B,A was 24.96,24.81,24.18 and23.38respectively. Mean Score of extraversion in A,O,AB,B blood groups was 31.79,30.42,29.80 and 29.68respectively. Mean Score of openness in blood groups A,O,B,AB was 26.75,26.20,25.79and24.84 respectively. Means Score of agreeableness in blood groups A,AB, B, O was 31.27,30.45,30.19 and 29.65 respectively. And conscientiousness in blood groups A,O, AB,B was the 36.74,35.56,34.16 and 34.08 respectively.

From the big five personality traits, the three factors of Neuroticism, Conscientiousness and Agreeableness showed no relationship with blood groups. However, both Extraversion and Openness were linked with different blood groups. It is hoped that such type of study will be helpful in establishing the scientific correlation between blood groups and personality traits in the inhabitant’s of Darbhanga, Bihar.The findings can be used to correlate the blood groups and personalities in accurate manner on the basis of such type of study.Much more studies are still required to explore the blood group and personality traits with certain special geographical regions.