en P57: The Relationship between Personality Traits and the Rate of Anxiety Tolerance روانشناسی Psycology پژوهشي Research --- Open Access, CC-BY-NC <p align="center">لطفاً به لینک انگلیسی مراجعه شود. </p> The objective of this study was to determine the relationship between the personality traits associated with the rate of anxiety. This study was causal-comparative design. Study population included all students of Imam Khomeini International University during the academic year 2012-2013. The study sample consisted of 360 students who were selected by convenience sampling method. Data were collected by using the Neo-scale research instrument (NEO-FFI) and the Kattle anxiety scale and were analyzed by using descriptive statistics include mean and standard deviation and Pearson correlation coefficients. The results showed that from components of the characters of personality, the neuroticism and introspection have a significant correlation with anxiety (P<0.01). Gender was also a significant component (P<0.05), so that female students showed more anxiety than male students. Personality traits and gender are factors that can be associated with the rate of anxiety tolerance. Personality Traits, Anxiety, Gender 81 81 http://shefayekhatam.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-24-110&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Hurie Karami Hurie Karami Hurie.Karami@gmail.com 10031947532846002205 10031947532846002205 Yes Department of Clinical Psychology, Allame Tabataba’ie University, Tehran, Iran. Department of Clinical Psychology, Allame Tabataba’ie University, Tehran, Iran. Hamide Lashgari Hamide Lashgari 10031947532846002206 10031947532846002206 No Department of Exceptional Psychology, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran. Department of Exceptional Psychology, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran. Hamid Khakbaz Hamid Khakbaz 10031947532846002207 10031947532846002207 No Department of Counseling, Social Welfare & Rehabilitation Sciences University, Tehran, Iran. Department of Counseling, Social Welfare & Rehabilitation Sciences University, Tehran, Iran.