Big 5 personality and subjective well-being in Asian Americans: Testing optimism and pessimism as mediators.

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 274-286 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Priscilla Lui ◽  
David Rollock ◽  
Edward C. Chang ◽  
Frederick T. L. Leong ◽  
Byron L. Zamboanga
Keyword(s):  
Asian Americans ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Big 5 ◽  
Big 5 Personality

scholarly journals Intergenerational Cultural Conflict, Assertiveness, and Adjustment among Asian Americans

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Savannah Pham ◽  
P. Priscilla Lui ◽  
David Rollock
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Negative Affect ◽  
Psychological Adjustment ◽  
Asian Americans ◽  
Asian American ◽  
Filial Piety ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Cultural Conflict ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Adjustment Outcomes

According to acculturation gap-distress theory, intergenerational cultural conflict stems from parent-offspring acculturation mismatch. Acculturation-based family conflict has been linked to poorer psychological adjustment among Asian American offspring, especially emerging adults. Whereas trait assertiveness often is shown to buffer the relation between interpersonal conflict and psychological distress among Euro Americans, it remains unknown how assertiveness contributes to Asian Americans’ psychological adjustment both directly and jointly with intergenerational cultural conflict. Considering Asian cultural values of filial piety and obedience, high levels of assertiveness—a set of intrapersonal characteristics that prioritizes individualistic needs over family harmony and group needs—may intensify the relations between intergenerational cultural conflict and adjustment outcomes. Asian American college students (N = 141, 58.2% women, Mage = 20.86) completed surveys assessing their levels of intergenerational cultural conflict, assertiveness, and three psychological adjustment outcomes (depressive symptoms, negative affect, and subjective well-being). Intergenerational cultural conflict was positively associated with depressive symptoms. Assertiveness was correlated with negative affect and depressive symptoms negatively, and with subjective well-being positively. Contrary to hypothesis, assertiveness did not moderate the relation between intergenerational cultural conflict and psychological adjustment. Whereas trait assertiveness can be promotive of psychological adjustment outcomes among Asian Americans, it may not affect the degree to which intergenerational cultural conflict is linked to offspring adjustment outcomes.

scholarly journals Predicting Psychological and Subjective Well-Being from Personality: Incremental Prediction from 30 Facets over the Big 5

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeromy Anglim ◽  
Sharon L. Grant
Keyword(s):  
Satisfaction With Life ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Satisfaction With Life Scale ◽  
Personality Factors ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Big 5 ◽  
Life Scale ◽  
Partial Correlations ◽  
Personality Item ◽  
The Relationship

This study investigated the relationship between the Big 5, measured at factor and facet levels, and dimensions of both psychological and subjective well-being. Three hundred and thirty-seven participants completed the 30 Facet International Personality Item Pool Scale, Satisfaction with Life Scale, Positive and Negative Affectivity Schedule, and Ryff’s Scales of Psychological Well-Being. Cross-correlation decomposition presented a parsimonious picture of how well-being is related to personality factors. Incremental facet prediction was examined using double-adjusted r2 confidence intervals and semi-partial correlations. Incremental prediction by facets over factors ranged from almost nothing to a third more variance explained, suggesting a more modest incremental prediction than presented in the literature previously. Examination of semi-partial correlations controlling for factors revealed a small number of important facet-well-being correlations. All data and R analysis scripts are made available in an online repository.

Big 5 correlates of three measures of subjective well-being

2003 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 723-727 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natalie Hayes ◽  
Stephen Joseph
Keyword(s):  
Well Being ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Big 5

Conflict Avoidance in Old Age

GeroPsych ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 61-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lia Oberhauser ◽  
Andreas B. Neubauer ◽  
Eva-Marie Kessler
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Perceived Social Support ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Conflict Avoidance ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Adult Lifespan ◽  
Set Up

Abstract. Conflict avoidance increases across the adult lifespan. This cross-sectional study looks at conflict avoidance as part of a mechanism to regulate belongingness needs ( Sheldon, 2011 ). We assumed that older adults perceive more threats to their belongingness when they contemplate their future, and that they preventively react with avoidance coping. We set up a model predicting conflict avoidance that included perceptions of future nonbelonging, termed anticipated loneliness, and other predictors including sociodemographics, indicators of subjective well-being and perceived social support (N = 331, aged 40–87). Anticipated loneliness predicted conflict avoidance above all other predictors and partially mediated the age-association of conflict avoidance. Results suggest that belongingness regulation accounts may deepen our understanding of conflict avoidance in the second half of life.

Leisure Activities and the Subjective Well-Being of Older Adults in Croatia

GeroPsych ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ljiljana Kaliterna Lipovčan ◽  
Tihana Brkljačić ◽  
Zvjezdana Prizmić Larsen ◽  
Andreja Brajša-Žganec ◽  
Renata Franc
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Leisure Activities ◽  
Leisure Activity ◽  
Later Life ◽  
Perceived Health ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Hierarchical Regression ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
Financial Status

Abstract. Research shows that engagement in leisure activities promotes well-being among older adults. The objective of the current study was to examine the relationship between subjective well-being (flourishing) and leisure activities (total number of different activities in the previous year) in a sample of older adults in Croatia, thereby considering the variables of sex, marital status, financial status, and self-perceived health. The differences in the examined variables between the groups of older adults who reported to be engaged in new activities with those who did not were also examined. The sample of N = 169 older adults aged 60 years and above was drawn from a convenience sample of adult internet users in Croatia. Participants reported their self-perceived health and the number of leisure activities they engaged in over the previous year as well as completing the Flourishing Scale. Hierarchical regression analyses indicated that older adults who were engaged in more various leisure activities, who perceived better financial status, and who were married reported higher levels of flourishing. A comparison of the two groups of older adults with and without engagement in leisure activities showed that those engaged in at least one leisure activity were more likely to be women, reported higher levels of flourishing, and perceived their own financial status as better. This study indicated that engaging in leisure activities in later life might provide beneficial effects for the well-being of older adults.

Intraindividual Variability and Stability of Affect and Well-Being

GeroPsych ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 185-199 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christina Röcke ◽  
Annette Brose
Keyword(s):  
Age Differences ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Emotional Experiences ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Regulatory Processes ◽  
Functional Implications ◽  
Methodological Approaches ◽  
Underlying Processes

Whereas subjective well-being remains relatively stable across adulthood, emotional experiences show remarkable short-term variability, with younger and older adults differing in both amount and correlates. Repeatedly assessed affect data captures both the dynamics and stability as well as stabilization that may indicate emotion-regulatory processes. The article reviews (1) research approaches to intraindividual affect variability, (2) functional implications of affect variability, and (3) age differences in affect variability. Based on this review, we discuss how the broader literature on emotional aging can be better integrated with theories and concepts of intraindividual affect variability by using appropriate methodological approaches. Finally, we show how a better understanding of affect variability and its underlying processes could contribute to the long-term stabilization of well-being in old age.

Changing Patterns of Subjective Well-Being

1971 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 166, 170-172
Author(s):  
PETER LENROW
Keyword(s):  
Well Being ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Changing Patterns
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