Abstract
The relationship between personality and well-being is dynamic and therefore should be examined within aging perspective.
In study presented here we compared the prediction of well-being from personality in two samples–223 adolescents attending
high-school (16–19 years; M = 16.94, SD = 0.51) and 134 older adults (54–90 years; M = 77.20, SD = 7.39) living in retirement home or at home. Different aspects of well-being were included in the study. Subjective
well-being was measured with Index of Well-Being, but also self-esteem and loneliness were included as measures of psychological
well-being. Personality (measured with FFPI; Hendriks et al. in Pers Individ Dif 27:307–325, 1999) significantly predicted indicators of well-being (Self-Esteem, Loneliness and Index of Well-Being) in both samples, with
emotional stability and extraversion as most pronounced predictors. Personality explained more variance of well-being in adolescents
than in older adults, and more variance in eudaimonic than hedonic aspects of well-being.
In study presented here we compared the prediction of well-being from personality in two samples–223 adolescents attending
high-school (16–19 years; M = 16.94, SD = 0.51) and 134 older adults (54–90 years; M = 77.20, SD = 7.39) living in retirement home or at home. Different aspects of well-being were included in the study. Subjective
well-being was measured with Index of Well-Being, but also self-esteem and loneliness were included as measures of psychological
well-being. Personality (measured with FFPI; Hendriks et al. in Pers Individ Dif 27:307–325, 1999) significantly predicted indicators of well-being (Self-Esteem, Loneliness and Index of Well-Being) in both samples, with
emotional stability and extraversion as most pronounced predictors. Personality explained more variance of well-being in adolescents
than in older adults, and more variance in eudaimonic than hedonic aspects of well-being.
- Content Type Journal Article
- Pages 1-13
- DOI 10.1007/s10902-011-9273-7
- Authors
- Ana Butkovic, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, Ivana Lucica 3, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia
- Irma Brkovic, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, Ivana Lucica 3, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia
- Denis Bratko, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, Ivana Lucica 3, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia
- Journal Journal of Happiness Studies
- Online ISSN 1573-7780
- Print ISSN 1389-4978