The influence of personal handwriting styles on first impressions and personality perception

Author: 
Jan Lester Simbajon, Angeline Batuto, Kyle Vincent Navarro, Geoff Condrad Laurito, Vince Andrei Sabas, Josh Andrie Enriquez, Keith John Ramos, Denmar Lawas, Marc Louie Abarca, Stephen James Capoy, Sam Larae Natad, Karl James Campo and Rachel Tapia

This research study investigates the role of handwriting in shaping first impressions and personality perceptions. Handwriting has historically been linked to personality traits through theories like graphology, its validity and contemporary relevance remain debated. The study explores whether handwriting styles influence judgments about individuals' traits such as confidence, and intelligence. Using a qualitative descriptive design, the research surveyed 60 Grade 11 students from Sto. Tomas College in Danao City, Cebu, Philippines, through an online questionnaire administered via Google Forms. The instrument combined multiple-choice questions, Likert-scale items, and open-ended responses to capture students' perceptions of the relationship between handwriting and personality. Thematic analysis of the data revealed mixed perspectives: while a majority (78%) of participants acknowledged connections between handwriting and personality, others challenged these associations, particularly disputing the link between messy handwriting and lower intelligence. Notably, neat handwriting was frequently associated with traits like diligence and honesty, aligning with graphological theories, yet many respondents emphasized that handwriting quality does not definitively reflect academic ability or personal well-being. The informations that we gather are very useful to our study to determine our respondent's opinion but the majority of them didn't agree that our personal handwriting is connected into our attitude and what of kind of person are we. We conduct this study to change the beliefs and rumors that is very common into our society through this research we aimed that we can change this belief and we gain more knowledge about the right belief system that we can use.

Paper No: 
5809