RT - Journal Article T1 - Predicting Girls’ Runaway from Home Using the Big Five Factor Model of Personality JF - ijpcp YR - 2010 JO - ijpcp VO - 16 IS - 2 UR - http://ijpcp.iums.ac.ir/article-1-1045-en.html SP - 135 EP - 144 K1 - runaway girls; personality; prediction AB - AbstractObjectives: The aim of this study was to predict girls’ runaway from home using the five factor model of personality. Method: In a retrospective study, 37 runaway girls who were incarcerated and kept by relevant organizations, were selected using convenience sampling. Considering the mean age of the runaway girls, 37 single females residing in middle to low socioeconomic neigh-borhood in Shiraz, were selected as the control group. The Big Five Personality Inventory along with a number of questions for acquiring demographic information were administered to the parti-cipants. Results: Hierarchical logistic regression indicated that only neuroticism could significantly predict the runaway of girls and the level of neuroticism had a positive correlation with runaway. In addition the interaction between fathers’ jobs and conscientiousness in girls was significant (p LA eng UL http://ijpcp.iums.ac.ir/article-1-1045-en.html M3 ER -