Most people's life satisfaction matches their personality traits

True correlations in multitrait, multirater, multisample data

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ID6203034
AuthorsRené Mõttus (0000-0002-6403-5224, University of Edinburgh), Anu Realo (0000-0003-0649-274X, Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Psychology), Jüri Allik (0000-0002-8358-4747, Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Psychology), Liisi Ausmees (0000-0002-0771-2639, Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Psychology), Samuel Henry, Samuel D Henry (University of Edinburgh), Robert R Mccrae (0000-0003-1325-1485), Uku Vainik (0000-0002-9375-9520, Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Psychology)
Year2024
Volume126
Issue4
Pages676-693
Publication date2024-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Personality and Social Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-3514 • E-ISSN: 1939-1315
PublisherAmerican Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1037/pspp0000501
PMID38869872
OpenAlexW4399628382
LanguageEN
Citations received7

70 and its longitudinal associations with personality traits mirrored cross-sectional ones. We conclude that without common measurement limitations, most people's life satisfaction is highly consistent with their personality traits, even across many years. So, satisfaction is usually shaped by these same relatively stable factors that shape personality traits more broadly. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved)

Big Five personality traits · Construct (python library) · Estonian · Life satisfaction · Personality · Behavioral Health and Interventions · Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion · Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction · Psychology · Social Psychology

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