Open AccessPredicting future happiness on the basis of personality traits and values
Author(s) -
Petri Kajonius
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of personality psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2451-9243
DOI - 10.21827/ijpp.7.37717
Subject(s) - happiness , personality , big five personality traits , psychology , social psychology , big five personality traits and culture , variance (accounting) , subjective well being , developmental psychology , accounting , business
Personality traits and values are known to be some of the best predictors for happiness, but what is yet to be investigated is whether these also can account for beliefs in future happiness. Using an Mturk sample (N = 317), personal future happiness and global future happiness (the future of the world) were regressed on personality traits (Big Five) and values (Schwartz's 10 Values). The results showed that personality and values predicted beliefs in personal future happiness, but not global future happiness. Personality also accounted for twice the variance compared to values. These findings confirm the well-established literature on personality and happiness.