Persoonallisuuden piirteiden, elämänarvojen ja hyvinvoinnin väliset yhteydet keski-ikäisillä
Year: 2009
Type: dissertation
Abstract: In this research it was first studied what kind of factors are formed by life values using exploratory factor analysis.The connections between personality traits, life values and different dimensions of well-being were next studied using regression analysis.The last aspect to be researched was whether life values mediate associations between personality traits and well-being, a connection which has not been studied before.In the study it was usedThe Jyväskylä Longitudinal Study of Personality and Social Development, which was initiated in 1968 by Lea Pulkkinen.Using that study, data was collected from 42-year old participants.The results showed that fifteen life values formed five value factors which were named: thoughtful, soft, achievement centered, physical conditioned and self oriented life values.As for personality traits; extroversion, neuroticism, openness to experience, and agreeableness was significantly connected to life values.For example, the higher the score in openness, the more often the thoughtful life values were reported.As for life value factors: self oriented, soft, and achievement centered life values were significantly and positively connected to particular dimensions of well-being (subjective, psychological, social).These research results gave confirmation of the mediator role which life values have; For example in women, soft life values worked as partial mediators in associations between openness and psychological well-being.In other words women's high score in openness was connected to existing soft life values and when the factors combined they explained psychological wellbeing.
Author: Merja Hietalahti
Language: Finnish
Subfield: Social Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2206896463