Incremental validity of the dual self-directed humor scale in predicting psychological well-being: Beyond the big five personality traits and four humor styles

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ryota Tsukawaki ◽  
Tomoya Imura
Keyword(s):  
Personality Traits ◽  
Big Five ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Big Five Personality Traits ◽  
Incremental Validity ◽  
Big Five Personality ◽  
Humor Styles ◽  
Psychological Well Being

Flourishing in Student Veterans With and Without Service-Connected Disability: Psychometric Validation of the Flourishing Scale and Exploration of Its Relationships With Personality and Disability

2018 ◽  
Vol 63 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emre Umucu ◽  
Teresa Ann Grenawalt ◽  
Antonio Reyes ◽  
Timothy Tansey ◽  
Jessica Brooks ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Postsecondary Education ◽  
Big Five ◽  
Current Knowledge ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Student Veterans ◽  
Big Five Personality Traits ◽  
Psychometric Validation ◽  
Big Five Personality

Veterans are an increasing population in postsecondary education. Many student veterans have disabilities affecting their well-being and success in college. This study aims to add to current knowledge on well-being by exploring the relationship between flourishing, personality traits, and service-connected disability among student veterans. First, we set out to psychometrically validate the Flourishing Scale (FS) for student veterans. Second, we evaluated the association of the Big-Five personality traits and flourishing. Finally, we evaluated the differences in flourishing among student veterans with and without service-connected disabilities. Two hundred five student veterans were recruited for the current study. A random split-half approach was adopted to perform an exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). Subsequent to conducting the EFA and CFA, a hierarchical multiple regression analysis was performed to investigate the relationships between flourishing and Big-Five personality traits. Finally, an independent-samples t test was conducted to compare the flourishing scores of student veterans with and without a service-connected disability. Findings indicated FS is a reliable and valid scale that could be used to measure flourishing in student veterans. Detailed findings and their implications for rehabilitation counseling are provided.

scholarly journals COVID-19 Pandemic and Personality: Agreeable People Are More Stressed by the Feeling of Missing

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (20) ◽  
pp. 10759
Author(s):  
Stephan Getzmann ◽  
Jan Digutsch ◽  
Thomas Kleinsorge
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Big Five ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Big Five Personality Traits ◽  
Big Five Personality ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Related Individual

The COVID-19 pandemic and the measures taken to contain it have substantial consequences for many people, resulting in negative effects on individual well-being and mental health. In the current study, we examined whether individual changes in perceived stress relative to pre-pandemic levels depended on differences in behavior, appraisal, and experience of pandemic-related constraints. In addition, we tested whether this potential relationship was moderated by personality traits. We conducted an online survey during the end of the first lockdown in Germany in spring 2020, and assessed pandemic-related individual consequences as well as perceived stress. These data were related to the big five personality traits and to ratings of perceived stress obtained from the same participants in a study conducted before the outbreak of the pandemic, using the same standardized stress questionnaires. There was no overall increase, but a large interindividual variety in perceived stress relative to pre-pandemic levels. Increased stress was associated especially with strong feelings of missing. This relationship was moderated by agreeableness, with more agreeable people showing a higher association of the feeling of missing and the increase of perceived stress. In addition, openness and conscientiousness were positively correlated with an increase in stress. The results highlight the importance of considering personality and individual appraisals when examining the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on perceived stress and well-being.

scholarly journals Personality traits, workers’ age, and job satisfaction: The moderated effect of conscientiousness

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (7) ◽  
pp. e0252275
Author(s):  
Eleonora Topino ◽  
Annamaria Di Fabio ◽  
Letizia Palazzeschi ◽  
Alessio Gori
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Big Five ◽  
Older Workers ◽  
Positive Association ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Big Five Personality Traits ◽  
The Other ◽  
Big Five Personality ◽  
Satisfaction Scale

Job satisfaction has gained increasing interest in the world of work and a vast field of research has been stimulated regarding its antecedents. Among these, personality traits have received consistent and significant attention, with a particular emphasis on conscientiousness. To delve deeper and detail these aspects, in the present research, a moderation model was hypothesized, with the aim of investigating the effect of age on the association between conscientiousness (and its subdimensions scrupulousness and perseverance) and job satisfaction. The age-moderated interactions of the other Big Five personality traits were also explored. The study involved 202 Italian workers (92 men, 110 women) with a mean age of 44.82 years (SD = 10.56) who completed the Big Five Questionnaire and the Job Satisfaction Scale. The results showed a positive association between conscientiousness and job satisfaction. This was moderated by age to the extent that it was significant for younger and average-age workers and was less significant for older workers. Similar results were found for the subdomain of perseverance, while the relationship between scrupulousness and job satisfaction was not significant. Furthermore, no age-moderated interaction between the other Big Five personality traits and Job satisfaction were found. Such data supports interactive models that highlight the need to integrate personality traits with other factors in exploring the antecedents of job satisfaction. These findings provide additional elements to an understanding of the factors contributing to workers satisfaction, and could have important applicative implications in a framework for healthy organizations and the well-being movement.

Daily and Compulsive Internet Use and Well-Being in Adolescence: A Diathesis-Stress Model Based on Big Five Personality Traits

2008 ◽  
Vol 38 (6) ◽  
pp. 765-776 ◽  
Author(s):  
Niels van der Aa ◽  
Geertjan Overbeek ◽  
Rutger C. M. E. Engels ◽  
Ron H. J. Scholte ◽  
Gert-Jan Meerkerk ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Personality Traits ◽  
Big Five ◽  
Internet Use ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Big Five Personality Traits ◽  
Big Five Personality ◽  
Stress Model ◽  
Model Based ◽  
Diathesis Stress Model

A gender study of personality and humor in comedians

2015 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew J. Schwehm ◽  
Wilson McDermut ◽  
Katherine Thorpe
Keyword(s):  
Personality Traits ◽  
Big Five ◽  
Big Five Personality Traits ◽  
Big Five Personality ◽  
Humor Styles ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Personality Differences ◽  
Stand Up Comedy ◽  
Gender Study ◽  
And Gender

AbstractAlthough individual differences in personality traits and humor between comedians and non-comedians have received increased attention, conclusions are limited to males as prior samples include few female comedians. This is the first quantitative study of personality traits and humor with more female (n=36) than male (n=33) comedians. This study compared comedians to a diverse non-comedian sample of undergraduates (n=89). A logistic regression using personality, humor styles, and gender as predictors correctly identified 83% of participants as either comedians or non-comedians. As hypothesized, personality and humor styles, but not gender, were significant predictors of comedian status. Male and female comedians were similar on Big Five Personality traits except for neuroticism, on which female comedians scored significantly higher than their male counterparts. Comedians scored significantly higher than non-comedians on extraversion and openness, while non-comedians just failed to be significant in scoring higher than comedians on agreeableness. In addition, as measured by the Humor Styles Questionnaire, male and female comedians scored similarly on all four humor styles (affiliative, self-enhancing, aggressive, self-defeating) and scored higher than non-comedians on the humor styles. Overall, these findings suggest personality differences and humor styles are two traits responsible for individuals pursuing stand-up comedy.

scholarly journals Curiosity and subjective well-being: The mediation of the big five personality traits

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 151-159
Author(s):  
Beatrice Balgiu
Keyword(s):  
Personality Traits ◽  
Big Five ◽  
Structural Equation Modelling ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Big Five Personality Traits ◽  
Big Five Personality ◽  
Mean Square ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Equation Modelling

This study aims to investigate the influence of curiosity on subjective well-being (SWB). More specifically, we examine the mediating role that the Big Five personality traits play in the relationships between these two variables. To this purpose, we used questionnaires in order to measure curiosity (Curiosity and Exploration Inventory-II), SWB (Satisfaction with Life Scale and Scale of Positive and Negative Experiences) and the Big Five personality factors (Big Five Inventory-10) in a case of a sample of 330 undergraduates (Mean age = 18.93). The analysis carried out is based on correlations, regressions and structural equation modelling. The model obtained using structural equation modelling revealed a significant relationship between curiosity and SWB via personality characteristics (χ²/df =1.74; comparative fit index = 0.95; root mean square error of approximation = 0.051; standardised root mean square residual = 0.032). Therefore, curiosity correlates significantly with SWB, but individuals characterised by a high degree of curiosity tend to have well-developed well-being since they tend to be extroverted, perseverant and emotionally stable. Future studies should also focus on other types of personality traits.   Keywords: Arterial Five personality traits, curiosity, mediation, subjective well-being.

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