Personality and happiness

被引:34
作者
Furnham, A
Cheng, H
机构
[1] Department of Psychology, University College London, London WC1 0AP
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D O I
10.2466/pr0.1997.80.3.761
中图分类号
B84 [心理学];
学科分类号
04 ; 0402 ;
摘要
Scores for 83 participants (M age = 23.2 yr.) on the Oxford Happiness Inventory and the NEO Five Factor Inventory were correlated (.26 to -.44), suggesting that if stability is an insulator against unhappiness then extraversion is a positive factor.
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页码:761 / 762
页数:2
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