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    Personality type, perceived academic stress and self - medicating beliefs in university students
    (UMT.Lahore, 2024) NISA FATIMA; MUHAMMAD TALHA ADEEL
    The present study investigated the relationship between personality type, perceived academic stress and self-medicating beliefs in university students. It was hypothesized that, a) neuroticism and extraversion will positively and conscientiousness, openness to experience and agreeableness will negatively relate with self medicating beliefs and there will be a positive relationship between perceived academic stress and self medicating beliefs, b) personality type and perceived academic stress will predict self medicating beliefs in university students, c) women will show more perceived academic stress and self medicating beliefs than men. A convenient sample of 205 university students with an age of range 18 – 35 (M= 25, SD= 4.83) was taken from various universities in Pakistan. The Big Five Inventory (John et al., 1991), Perception of Academic Stress Scale (Bedewy & Gabriel, 2015), and The Self Medicating Scale (James & French, 2008) were used to analyze the variables under study. Results of the Pearson product moment correlation revealed agreeableness and openness personalities negatively related with run its course subscale of self medicating beliefs while perceived academic workload positively predicted reluctance subscale of self-medicating beliefs. Moreover, perceived academic stress was significantly associated with self-medicating beliefs. Female students had high level of perceived academic stress and scored higher on neuroticism, agreeableness, and openness personalities as compared to the males. The findings discuss the impact of personality traits and academic stress on self-medicating beliefs, providing valuable insights about the impact of such variables on students’ formation of belief.