Personality and Life Events as Predictors of Adolescents' Life Satisfaction: Do Life Events Mediate the Link between Personality and Life Satisfaction?

Autor/inn/en	Ho, Man Yee; Cheung, Fanny M.; Cheung, Shu Fai
Titel	Personality and Life Events as Predictors of Adolescents' Life Satisfaction: Do Life Events Mediate the Link between Personality and Life Satisfaction?
Quelle	In: Social Indicators Research, 89 (2008) 3, S.457-471 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0303-8300
DOI	10.1007/s11205-008-9243-6
Schlagwörter	Personality Traits; Personality Assessment; Life Satisfaction; Adolescents; Multiple Regression Analysis; Foreign Countries; High School Students; Experience; Correlation; Family Influence; Family Relationship; Well Being; Check Lists; Hong Kong; Personality Assessment Inventory + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Persönlichkeitsanalyse; Lebensvollendung; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Ausland; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Erfahrung; Korrelation; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Checkliste; Hongkong
Abstract	This study examined the association among personality traits, life events and life satisfaction, and the underlying pathways from personality traits to life satisfaction. A total of 1,961 adolescents were recruited from 21 secondary schools in Hong Kong. The adolescent version of the Chinese Personality Assessment Inventory (CPAI-A), the Chinese Adolescent Life Events Checklist (CALEC) and the Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS) were employed to assess their personality, life events and life satisfaction, respectively. Multiple regression analysis showed there was an additional value of the indigenously derived scales of CPAI-A, including the Family Orientation, Harmony and Ren-Qing scales, in predicting life satisfaction beyond the universal personality traits. Results also indicated that there was a partial mediation effect of negative life events on personality traits in the prediction of life satisfaction. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10