Measuring the Exploitative Personality among University Students

Abstract

The present study aimed to measure the exploitative personality among university students and to identify the significance of differences in exploitative personality according to the variables of gender, academic specialization, and academic year. To achieve this aim, the study adopted the scale developed by Hassoun (1998), which was constructed in accordance with Fromm’s theory. The scale consists of 38 items distributed across ten behavioral components, with the items formulated in the form of verbal situational statements. The scale was administered to a sample of 160 male and female students. The validity of the scale for the purposes of the current study was established through two indicators: face validity and construct validity. Reliability was verified using analysis of variance and Cronbach’s alpha coefficient, which reached 0.84. The results of the study indicated the prevalence of the exploitative personality among university students, as determined using a one-sample t-test. To examine the significance of differences in exploitative personality according to the study variables, a three-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) was employed. The findings revealed statistically significant differences attributable to the gender variable, while no statistically significant differences were found with respect to academic specialization, academic year, or the two-way and three-way interactions.