@ARTICLE{Sadeghi, author = {sadeghi, r and tajikzadeh, f and merabizadeh honarmand, m and }, title = {The Relationship between personality traits and Identity Styles in Students}, volume = {22}, number = {4}, abstract ={Introduction: The definition of identity, continuation character is used as a keyword. Continuation character it means that person is the same person over time and place and not the other. So the purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between personality traits and identity styles in students of Shahid Chamran University. Materials and Methods: The present study is a correlation and canonical correlation. The statistical population includes all students of public university in 2012- 2013 in Ahvaz. 360 students were selected through clustral multistage random sampling. NEO Five-Factor Inventory and Identity Style Inventory were used to collect data. For analyzing data canonical correlation and SPSS was used. Findings: Structural coefficients showed that the pattern of high scores in conscientiousness, agreeableness and extraversion correlates with the pattern of high scores in normative and informational identity styles (p }, URL = {http://sjimu.medilam.ac.ir/article-1-1430-en.html}, eprint = {http://sjimu.medilam.ac.ir/article-1-1430-en.pdf}, journal = {Journal of Ilam University of Medical Sciences}, doi = {}, year = {2014} }