Pathways to happiness: From personality to social networks and perceived support |
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| Authors: | Xiumei Zhu Sang Eun Woo Caitlin Porter Michael Brzezinski |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Brian Lamb School of Communication, Purdue University, Beering Hall of Liberal Arts and Education, Room 2114, 100 North University Street, West Lafayette, IN 47907, United States;2. Department of Psychological Sciences, Purdue University, 703 Third Street, West Lafayette, IN 47907, United States;3. Office of International Students and Scholars, Purdue University, Young Hall, Room #120, 155 S. Grant Street, West Lafayette, IN 47907-2114, United States |
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| Abstract: | ![]()
The present study attempts to incorporate individual personality into a social network account of subjective wellbeing (SWB) by proposing and testing a path model in which social relationships (egocentric social networks and perceived social support, PSS) mediate the relationship between personality and SWB. We found that network characteristics (including network size, emotional closeness, and proportion of new contacts) are related to SWB largely via the mediation of PSS. Additionally, network size and proportion of new contacts function as important mediating mechanisms linking extraversion, agreeableness and openness to PSS and SWB. |
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| Keywords: | Individual difference Personality Social network Social support Wellbeing Health |
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