ABSTRACT
The main purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between personality traits and students’ academic performance of secondary schools in Calabar South Local Government Area of Cross River State. To achieve the purpose of this study, five null hypotheses were formulated to guide this study. A total of 200 students were randomly selected from the research area. A self-constructed questionnaire titled personality trait and students’ academic performance (SELPT) were designed to collect data from the students. To ascertain the reliability of the items, test-retest was used. The research design adopted for the study was ex-post facto. The hypotheses were analysed using Pearson Product Moment Correlation Co-efficient and tested at 0.05 level of significance with 198 degree of freedom. The result revealed that extraversion personality characteristics, conscientiousness personality factor, neuroticism trait, agreeableness personality trait and openness personality trait significantly relates to students’ academic performance of secondary schools in Calabar South Local Government Area of Cross River State. It was recommended among others that Guidance and Counselling units as well as services should be established in all schools with the aimed of helping the students build a healthy personality trait that enhance their academic performance.