Personality traits are traits that have an important role in various aspects of life .so that the differences between the individual cognition, emotion and behavior of individuals are included.The purpose of this study was to compare women and men’s personality traits in life span. This research was of causal-comparing type and the statistical population of which was selected from the residents of Rasht city, region one. For this purpose a number of 321 individuals were selected through availability sampling and Neo Five Factor Inventory- short form (Costa.& Mccrae ‚1992) was used for collecting data. The results of Analysis of Variance and Independent t tests showed that the trait of agreeableness has increased parallel to age increase and there is a difference between women and men in terms of the personality traits of conscientiousness and neuroticism in life span. Also, the average of agreeableness and conscientiousness have been higher in women than men.The results show that some of the features in the range of life has changed in some traits, there is a difference between men and women.
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