The Relation between Big Five Traits and Well-being across the Life Span

Abstract

Abstract: In the current study, we examine the relationship between personality traits and subjective well-being and psychological well-being from a life span perspective. A total of 3192 Chinese residents took part in this study from 41 cities in the country 17 provinces and municipalities. And they completed the subjective well-being scale and big five-factor inventory. It took about 20 minutes to complete the questionnaires. The correlations among factors were calculated with SPSS 16.0 and Structural equation model was applied to deal with all data. In the analysis of structural equation modeling, seven models were constructed. As predicted, personality traits were significantly associated with subjective well-being with the different age groups of Chinese residents. And then Structural equation models revealed that ages play a moderating role between personality traits and subjective well-being, and the total effect value was different. In conclusion, this research indicates that personality traits were associated with greater happiness across the life span, and personality traits were one of the best predictors. This study provides new insights into personal traits as predictors of well-being. Especially, this study addressed some limitations of previous studies. Importantly, this study also helps clarify questions about relationships between subjective well-being and personal traits from a life span perspective. These findings provide an important step in the understanding relationships between subjective well-being and personal traits, these results also provides some empirical evidences sinicization research and cross-cultural comparison.

Key words: big five traits, subjective well-being, age, life-long development

摘要： 以毕生发展为研究视角,调查了3192位不同年龄群体被试,探讨不同年龄群体大五人格与幸福感的关系。结果发现:(1)各变量都存在显著的年龄效应,大五人格与主观幸福感相关显著；(2)在不同年龄群体里,神经质和开放性都能显著预测主观幸福感,且预测值随着年龄而增大,而外倾性、尽责性和宜人性对主观幸福感的预测存在年龄差异；(3)大五人格对主观幸福感的解释率随着年龄的增长而下降,到60岁之后其解释率上升；(4)年龄在大五人格与主观幸福感之间起了显著的调节作用。

关键词: 大五人格, 主观幸福感, 年龄, 毕生发展

CLC Number:

B8481

Chen Zhixia, Li Qiming. The Relation between Big Five Traits and Well-being across the Life Span[J]. Studies of Psychology and Behavior, 2014, 12(5): 633-638.

陈志霞，李启明. 不同年龄群体大五人格与幸福感关系^*[J]. 心理与行为研究, 2014, 12(5): 633-638.

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