BEŞ FAKTÖR KİŞİLİK ÖZELLİKLERİ VE ÖZNEL İYİ OLUŞ

Abstract

Bu araştırmanın amacı kişilik özellikleri ve öznel iyi oluş arasındaki ilişkileri incelemektir. Araştırmanın katılımcılarını 234 kişi 98 kadın/136 erkek oluşturmaktadır. Çalışma grubunun yaş aralığı 18-61’dir. Çalışmada veri toplama araçları olarak Oxford Mutluluk Ölçeği-Kısa Formu ve Beş Faktör Kişilik Ölçeği kullanılmıştır. Çalışmadan elde edilen bulgulara göre nevrotik kişilik özelliği ile öznel iyi oluş arasında negatif yönde anlamlı bir ilişki bulunmuştur. Dışadönüklük, sorumluluk, yumuşak başlılık ve deneyime açıklık kişilik özellikleriyle öznel iyi oluş arasında ise pozitif yönde anlamlı ilişkiler bulunmuştur. Ayrıca nevrotik kişilik özelliğinin öznel iyi oluşu negatif yönde; dışadönüklük kişilik özelliğinin ise pozitif yönde anlamlı düzeyde yordadığı sonucuna ulaşılmıştır.

Keywords

• Öznel İyi Oluş, Beş Faktör Kişilik, Mutluluk, Dışadönüklük, Nevrotiklik

THE FIVE FACTOR PERSONALITY TRAITS AND SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING

Abstract

The aim of this research is to analyze the relations between personality traits and subjective well-being. The number of the participants of the research was 234 98 women/136 men . The age range of the study group was 1861. The Oxford Happiness Scale-Short Form and the Big Five Personality Scale were used. Findings showed that there was a significantly negative relationship between neurotic personality trait and subjective well-being. Findings also revealed that there were positive relationships between subjective well-being and extraversion, conscientiousness, agreeableness, openness. Besides, it was found that neurotic personality trait was a negative and extraversion was a positive predictor of subjective well-being

Keywords

• Subjective Well-Being, Five Factor Personality, Happiness Extraversion, Neurotism

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