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Personality and Well-being Across the Life-Span
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Both an individual's personality and well-being are important throughout their lives. This book explores the current research on links between personality predictors of well-being and social adjust...
Both an individual's personality and well-being are important throughout their lives. This book explores the current research on links between personality predictors of well-being and social adjustment using empirical studies to suggest that their influence can vary depending on the key developmental stage.
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- Creator
- edited by Marek Blatný
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- 1st ed. 2015
- London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (205 p.)
- ISBNs
- 9781137439963, 1137439963, 1349568619, 1137439955
- OCLC
- on5911205812
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- English
- Cover ; Half-Title ; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; Notes on Contributors; 1 Introduction ; 2 Successful Development ; 2.1 Definition ; 2.2 Terminological inconsistency ; 2.3 Dimensions of successful development ; 2.4 Interconnection between psychological and social functioning ; 3 Well-being
- 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Two traditions of well-being research ; 3.2.1 Subjective well-being ; 3.2.2 Psychological well-being ; 3.2.3 Related but distinct ; 3.3 Well-being and socio-demographic factors ; 3.4 Well-being and personality traits
- 3.5 Well-being and characteristics adaptations and personal narratives 3.5.1 Characteristics adaptations ; 3.5.2 Personal narratives ; 3.6 Well-being and personality traits in a life span perspective ; 4 Social Functioning ; 4.1 Definition and structure
- 4.2 Sources of social functioning 4.2.1 Intelligence and academic setting ; 4.2.2 Temperament and personality ; 4.2.3 Social relationships ; 5 Cultural Aspects of Successful Development
- 6 Openness, Neuroticism, Conscientiousness, and Adolescent Well-being: Evidence from Six Cultural Contexts 6.1 Introduction ; 6.1.1 Sex differences in Big Five factors' mean levels and factor invariance ; 6.1.2 Cross-cultural and cross-national comparisons of Big Five
- 6.2 Big Five and well-being