Personality dimensions and subjective well-being

This work examines the association between personality dimensions (extraversion and neuroticism) and subjective well-being. Subjective well-being is associated both with extraversion and neuroticism, and currently, neuroticism is generally considered the more important. A total of 368 students from the University of Rovira i Virgili completed the Extraversion and Neuroticism subscales of the revised Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (Eysenck, Eysenck, & Barrett, 1985), the Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS; Diener, Emmons, Larsen, & Griffin, 1985), and the Positive and Negative Affect Scale (Watson, Clark, & Tellegen, 1988). Regression analyses revealed the personality variable of neuroticism as one of the most important correlates of subjective well-being. Regression analyses also showed that 44% of the variance of subjective well-being was accounted for by neuroticism, whereas extraversion only explained 8% of the variance. Keywords: satisfaction with life, positive and negative affect, extraversion, neuroticism, subjective well-being El presente trabajo estudia la relacion existente entre las dimensiones de personalidad (extraversion y neuroticismo) y bienestar subjetivo. El bienestar subjetivo parece estar asociado tanto con la extraversion como con el neuroticismo, y el neuroticismo se considera la dimension mas importante. Un total de 368 estudiantes de la Universidad Rovira i Virgili cumplimentaron los siguientes cuestionarios: las subescalas de Extraversion y Neuroticismo del Cuestionario de Personalidad de Eysenck-Revisado (EPQ-R; Eysenck, Eysenck y Barrett, 1985), la Escala de Satisfaccion en la Vida (SWLS; Diener, Emmons, Larsen, & Griffin, 1985), y la escala de Afecto Positivo y Afecto Negativo (PANAS; Watson, Clark, & Tellegen, 1988). Los analisis de regresion multiple mostraron que, dentro de las variables de personalidad, el neuroticismo era la variable con mayor valor predictivo. Asimismo, el neuroticismo explicaba el 44% de la varianza de bienestar subjetivo, mientras que la extraversion solamente explicaba el 8%. Palabras clave: satisfaccion en la vida, afecto positivo y negativo, extraversion, neuroticismo, bienestar subjetivo