Trial reportPloS one2015
Does positivity mediate the relation of extraversion and neuroticism with subjective happiness?
Trial report in PloS one, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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9 citing papers in PubMed.
- Distinct associations between gratitude, self-esteem, and optimism with subjective and psychological well-being among Japanese individuals.BMC psychology · 2024Article
- Positivity, daily time use, mood, and functioning in patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders: Results from the diapason multicentric study.The International journal of social psychiatry · 2024Article
- Emotional intelligence and happiness in clinical medical students: A cross-sectional multicenter study.Health science reports · 2023Article
- Correlation between Positive Orientation and Control of Anger, Anxiety and Depression in Nursing Students in Poland, Spain and Slovakia during the COVID-19 Pandemic.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Positivity explains how COVID-19 perceived risk increases death distress and reduces happiness.Personality and individual differences · 2021Article
- The Positivity Scale: Concurrent and Factorial Validity Across Late Childhood and Early Adolescence.Frontiers in psychology · 2019Article
- Psychometric Properties of the Positivity Scale among Chinese Adults and Early Adolescents.Frontiers in psychology · 2018Article
- Dimensions of Mindfulness and Their Relations with Psychological Well-Being and Neuroticism.Mindfulness · 2017Article
- Is personality relevant in the choice of bleaching?Clinical oral investigations · 2016Article
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Abstract
Recent theories suggest an important role of neuroticism, extraversion, attitudes, and global positive orientations as predictors of subjective happiness. We examined whether positivity mediates the hypothesized relations in a community sample of 504 adults between the ages of 20 and 60 years old (females = 50%). A model with significant paths from neuroticism to subjective happiness, from extraversion and neuroticism to positivity, and from positivity to subjective happiness fitted the data (Satorra-Bentler scaled chi-square (38) = 105.91; Comparative Fit Index = .96; Non-Normed Fit Index = .95; Root Mean Square Error of Approximation = .060; 90% confidence interval = .046, .073). The percentage of subjective happiness variance accounted for by personality traits was only about 48%, whereas adding positivity as a mediating factor increased the explained amount of subjective happiness to 78%. The mediation model was invariant by age and gender. The results show that the effect of extraversion on happiness was fully mediated by positivity, whereas the effect of neuroticism was only partially mediated. Implications for happiness studies are also discussed.
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