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The Big Five, Type A Personality, and Psychological Well-Being

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  • Richard Hicks
  • Yukti Mehta

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The aim of this research was to investigate how the Big Five and Type A personality variables relate to psychological well-being. Additionally, the study examined the effect of age on psychological well-being. Various social media sites such as Facebook were used to recruit 286 Participants (209 males, 74 females) from the community population. The sample was broad with an age range 18-85. Participants completed a demographic measure as well as the Ryff’s Psychological Well-being scale, the International Personality Item Pool- Big Five Scale, the Framingham Type A Behavior Scale and a Social Desirability Scale. Pearson’s product correlations and a hierarchical multiple regression were performed to determine the ability of the personality variables and Type A personality scores to predict psychological well-being. The results indicated that the personality variables (the Big Five) predicted psychological well-being but that the addition of variance from the Type A personality variable added insignificantly to the prediction. Psychological well-being was negatively correlated with age. Further studies on personality and psychological wellbeing are needed, including the role of mindfulness in contributing along with personality variables to psychological well-being.

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  • Richard Hicks & Yukti Mehta, 2018. "The Big Five, Type A Personality, and Psychological Well-Being," International Journal of Psychological Studies, Canadian Center of Science and Education, vol. 10(1), pages 1-49, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:ibn:ijpsjl:v:10:y:2018:i:1:p:49
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    2. Hiromi Kawasaki & Satoko Yamasaki & Mika Nishiyama & Pete D’Angelo & Zhengai Cui, 2022. "Relationship between the Type A Personality Concept of Time Urgency and Mothers’ Parenting Situation," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(24), pages 1-11, December.

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