Models of happiness: The role of personality traits and daily experience in understanding life satisfaction

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ryan Howell ◽  
Colleen Howell ◽  
Michael Cassens
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Daily Experience

The Role of Negative Personality Traits in Psychological Adaptation

2019 ◽  
pp. 115-125
Author(s):  
Юлия Черткова ◽  
Yuliya Chertkova ◽  
Марина Егорова ◽  
Marina Yegorova
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Twin Study ◽  
Monozygotic Twins ◽  
Psychological Adaptation ◽  
Semantic Differential ◽  
Personal Traits ◽  
Only Children ◽  
Age Related

The paper reflects one of the aspects of the research carried out within the framework of the project “Nature of variability of negative personality traits: a twin study”. The research reviews the adaptive component of negative personal traits. The sample of the study consisted of 136 members of monozygotic twins and 401 only children in their families aged 18-78. Life satisfaction was a generalized metric of psychological adaptation. It is shown that a number of negative personality traits (in particular, narcissism, authoritarianism) positively correlate with life satisfaction. The biased value of various personality traits, which can also indirectly serve as an indicator of adaptability of these psychological properties, was assessed using a semantic differential. The age-related changes in the perfect image of the self, which are associated primarily with some more attractive negative personal traits, as well as the multidirectional desired changes in personality traits in themselves and the twin (more power and conflict in themselves and less of the same in the brother/sister) also indicate that a number of negative personal traits play a positive role in psychological adaptation. It is assumed that these traits can have a compensatory function during stress, and the destructiveness of these traits can have a greater impact on people around than on themselves.

scholarly journals A Study on Role of Big 5 Personality Traits on Social Ostracism

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 103-107
Author(s):  
P Manoj Kiran ◽  
A Thiruchelvi
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Big Five ◽  
Big Five Personality Traits ◽  
Big Five Personality ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Social Ostracism ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Big 5 Personality

Social Ostracism is an act of isolation of individuals. This feeling of isolation induces feelings of negative emotions on humans. It causes anger, depression, and loneliness among people left out or deprived of social interaction. So it’s important to study the causes of Social Ostracism and its implications on life satisfaction. This study assesses the role of the Big five personality traits on Social Ostracism and the relationship between Social ostracism and life satisfaction. This study uses a convenient sampling of data of 113 individuals, both male and female. The study finds that there exists a significant relationship between personality traits and Social ostracism. Also, there exists a relation between personality traits and life satisfaction. Social Ostracism hurts life satisfaction.

Relationship Between Personality Traits, Generativity, and Life Satisfaction in Individuals Attending University Programs for Seniors

2017 ◽  
Vol 87 (2) ◽  
pp. 184-200 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Belen Navarro-Prados ◽  
Sara Serrate-Gonzalez ◽  
Jose-Manuel Muñoz-Rodríguez ◽  
Unai Díaz-Orueta
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Older Adults ◽  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Intervention Programs ◽  
Improve Quality ◽  
Sociodemographic Data ◽  
The University

Personality traits of older adults and their contribution to life satisfaction and generative interest were assessed. A total of 342 older participants (66% women), mean age = 67.89 years old ( SD = 6.52, range = 55–84 years old), who attended the University of the Experience in Salamanca (Spain), were evaluated. Information on sociodemographic data, perceived health and activity, personality traits, generativity, and life satisfaction was collected using self-reported questionnaires. Results confirmed a relation between personality traits, life satisfaction, and generativity. In addition, generative concern, neuroticism, extraversion, agreeableness, and conscientiousness predicted life satisfaction at this stage. Moreover, the role of personality on generativity was confirmed. Individuals with interest and agreeableness toward others, who are organized, persistent, and motivated, are more predisposed to generativity. These results open the way to develop intervention programs that enhance positive personality traits and generative interest to improve quality of life of older people.

scholarly journals The role of personality factors in predicting life satisfaction of non-native students with the mediating role of self-differentiation

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iman Moharrami ◽  
Seyed Ali Kimiaei ◽  
Fatemeh Bagheri ◽  
Abbas G hodrati-Torbati ◽  
Zeinab Parsa
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Personality Factors ◽  
Behavioral Inhibition System ◽  
Native Students ◽  
Psychosocial Effects ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Self Differentiation

Introduction: This study aimed was to predict the life satisfaction (LS) of non-native students based on personality traits and mediated by the level of differentiation. Aim: The aim of this cross-sectional study was to determine the psychosocial effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on students attending a private high school in Istanbul, Turkey. Material and methods: This study population consisted of all non-native students of the Ferdowsi University of Mashhad. Two hundred people were selected by convenience sampling method and answered the Diener life satisfaction questionnaire, Gary-Wilson personality traits and Skowron and Friedlander self-differentiation questionnaire. Data analysis was performed using AMOS and SPSS software v. 24 and Pearson correlation coefficient, regression coefficient, and path analysis. Results and Discussion: The mean age of participants was 27.92 ± 5.32 years. The proposed model had a good fit according to the index of fitness. There was a significant correlation between behavioral activation systems (BASs) as one of the subscales of personality factors with LS (P < 0.05, r = 0.47), and between BASs with self-differentiation (P < 0.05, r = 0.35). Also, there was a significant indirect correlation between behavioral inhibition system (BIS) and LS (P < 0.05, r = –0.40) and between BIS with self-differentiation (P < 0.05, r = –0.30). There was a significant relationship between differentiation with LS (P < 0.05, r = 0.55). Due to the significant indirect effect of the model, the level of differentiation could mediate the relationship between personality factors and LS. Conclusions: Although personality factors predict a part of LS, the ability to differentiate between thought and feeling and to maintain independence in interpersonal relationships plays an essential role in the LS of non-native students.

Self-Other Agreement in Happiness and Life-Satisfaction: The Role of Personality Traits

2012 ◽  
Vol 114 (2) ◽  
pp. 479-492 ◽  
Author(s):  
Henrik Dobewall ◽  
Anu Realo ◽  
Jüri Allik ◽  
Tõnu Esko ◽  
Andres Metspalu
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Personality Traits

Role of Personality Traits in Work-Life Balance and Life Satisfaction

2021 ◽  
pp. 279-295
Author(s):  
Sevda Köse ◽  
Beril Baykal ◽  
Semra Köse ◽  
Seyran Gürsoy Çuhadar ◽  
Feyza Turgay ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Life Balance

Personality Prior to Disability Determines Adaptation

2011 ◽  
Vol 22 (11) ◽  
pp. 1397-1402 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher J. Boyce ◽  
Alex M. Wood
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Individual Differences ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Standard Deviations ◽  
Additional Support

Personality traits prior to the onset of illness or disability may influence how well an individual psychologically adjusts after the illness or disability has occurred. Previous research has shown that after the onset of a disability, people initially experience sharp drops in life satisfaction, and the ability to regain lost life satisfaction is at best partial. However, such research has not investigated the role of individual differences in adaptation to disability. We suggest that predisability personality determines the speed and extent of adaptation. We analyzed measures of personality traits in a sample of 11,680 individuals, 307 of whom became disabled over a 4-year period. We show that although becoming disabled has a severe impact on life satisfaction, this effect is significantly moderated by predisability personality. After 4 years of disability, moderately agreeable individuals had levels of life satisfaction 0.32 standard deviations higher than those of moderately disagreeable individuals. Agreeable individuals adapt more quickly and fully to disability; disagreeable individuals may need additional support to adapt.

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