The big five traits as predictors of subjective and psychological well-being.
Despite considerable research on personality and "hedonic" or subjective well-being, parallel research on "eudaimonic" or psychological well-being is scarce. The current study investigated the relationship between the Big Five traits and subjective and psychological well-being among 211 men and women. Results indicated that the relationship between personality factors and psychological well-being was stronger than the relationship between personality factors and subjective well-being. Extraversion, neuroticism, and conscientiousness correlated similarly with both subjective and psychological well-being, suggesting that these traits represent personality predispositions for general well-being. However, the personality correlates of the dimensions within each broad well-being type varied, suggesting that the relationship between personality and well-being is best modeled in terms of associations between specific traits and well-being dimensions.
Grant
Sharon
S
Faculty of Higher Education, Swinburne University of Technology, Lilydale, Mail L100, Locked Bag 218, Lilydale, Victoria 3140, Australia. sgrant@swin.edu.au
Langan-Fox
Janice
J
Anglim
Jeromy
J
D005120:Extraversion, Psychological; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010551:Personality / Q000145:classification*; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011336:Probability; D011594:Psychometrics; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires