title: Personality predictors of happiness.
abstract: The Oxford Happiness Inventory and a battery of personality measures were completed by 171 subjects. The results showed predicted positive correlations for happiness with satisfaction with life, self-esteem, and sociability and negative correlations of happiness with embarrassability, loneliness, shyness, and social anxiety. Four predictors (satisfaction with life, shyness, loneliness, and sociability) accounted for 58% of the variance in happiness scores. These results support previous research as well as validate the Portuguese version of the happiness inventory.
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educacão, Universidade do Porto, rua do Campo Alegre, 1055, P-4150 Porto, Portugal. fneto@psi.up.pt
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Neto
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006240:Happiness; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D010551:Personality; D010555:Personality Inventory; D012649:Self Concept; D012917:Social Adjustment