Personality and Life Events as Predictors of Adolescents’ Life Satisfaction: Do Life Events Mediate the Link Between Personality and Life Satisfaction? |
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Authors: | Man Yee Ho Fanny M Cheung Shu Fai Cheung |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Psychology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong;(2) University of Macau, Macau, P.R. China |
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Abstract: | This study examined the association among personality traits, life events and life satisfaction, and the underlying pathways
from personality traits to life satisfaction. A total of 1,961 adolescents were recruited from 21 secondary schools in Hong
Kong. The adolescent version of the Chinese Personality Assessment Inventory (CPAI-A), the Chinese Adolescent Life Events
Checklist (CALEC) and the Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS) were employed to assess their personality, life events and life
satisfaction, respectively. Multiple regression analysis showed there was an additional value of the indigenously derived
scales of CPAI-A, including the Family Orientation, Harmony and Ren-Qing scales, in predicting life satisfaction beyond the
universal personality traits. Results also indicated that there was a partial mediation effect of negative life events on
personality traits in the prediction of life satisfaction. |
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Keywords: | Personality CPAI-A Life events Adolescents’ life satisfaction |
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