Classification Patterns of Personality Attributes in the Islamic Sources

Shojaei, Mohammad Sadegh; Janbozorgi, Masoud; Asgari, Ali; Gharavirad, Seyed Mohammad; Pasandideh, Abbas

Classification Patterns of Personality Attributes in the Islamic Sources

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

¹ Ph.D. Student and Researcher of Research Institute of Hawzah & University

² Associate Professor of Psychology, Research Institute of Hawzah & University

³ Faculty Member of Kharzmi University

⁴ head of Department of Psychology of Research Institute of Hawzah & University

⁵ Faculty Member of Dar al-Hadith Institute

Abstract

The research objectives were to investigate the concept of personality attribute, obtain the instances of personality attributes in the Islamic sources, and classify them based on the Islamic sources. The content analysis of Islamic texts was applied for analyzing the data. The research results showed that: a) the personality attributes have been in the core of ethical theories of behavior since long time ago; b) the verses and narratives have also used the personality attributes to describe the personality of individuals; c) there are lots of patterns in order to explain and classify the personality attributes in the Islamic texts; d) those patterns are including conceptual, communication, bipolar, tripolar, hierarchical, and network patterns; e) the network pattern is the most efficient among others; f) in the network pattern, the attributes are dynamic and their relationships happen in a sophisticated conceptual network.

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