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Abstract
The present study was aimed to explore the relationship of big five and personality hardiness with quality of life in senior citizens. The sample comprised of 400 senior citizens with equal number of
educated males and females (200 males and 200 females). The analysis revealed that for the male’s sample, personality hardiness explained the maximum variance (23%) followed by neuroticism (4%),
agreeableness (3%) and conscientiousness (3%). In all, these variables have accounted for 33% of variance. In female’s sample, personality hardiness