Personality predictors of experienced well-being

What is the interaction between personality traits and personality dispositions in determining experienced well-being? What behaviors can contribute to adapting to life in crisis? Possible responses directed at personal choice are described.
Contents:

• Introduction;
• Chapter One: Theoretical Approaches to the Study of Well-Being, Personality Traits, and Personality Dispositions;
• I.1. An integrative approach to measuring well-being;
• I.2. Patterns of personality traits;
• I.2.1. Big Five model;
• I.2.2. Cybernetic Theory of Personality Traits;
• I.3. Personality dispositions, relationship with well-being and personality traits;
• I.3.1. Coping and coping potential;
• I.3.2. Mindfulness;
• I.3.3. Self-assessment;
• I.3.4. Learned helplessness, self-sabotage, dwelling on past mistakes, planning;
• I.3.5. Meaning of life and search for meaning;
• I.4. Increasing the personal resource for effective self-regulation through learning;
• Chapter Two: Empirical Research Design;
• II.1. Purpose, subject, tasks and hypotheses;
• II.2. Study procedure and subjects;
• II.3. Research methods;
• Chapter three: Analysis and interpretation of the results of the empirical study;
• III.1. Structural organization of the scales used and descriptive statistics;
• III.2. Relationships between personality traits, personality dispositions, and well-being and generalized linear effects;
• III.3. Models of predictors of well-being with independent effects;
• III.3.1. Personality traits independent predictors of well-being;
• III.3.2. Personality traits, predictors of personality dispositions with an independent effect;
• III.3.3. Personality dispositions, independent effect predictors of well-being;
• III.3.4. Direct and indirect predictors of well-being;
• III.4. Influence of individual variables on well-being and its components;
• III.5. Effect and sustainability of training to increase personal resources for effective self-regulation;
• III.6. Summary and analysis of empirical research results;
• Conclusion and discussion questions;
• Literature;
• Appendix 1. Scales used - description of the items;
• Appendix 2. Descriptive statistics of the scales used;
• Appendix 3. Direct linear effects of personality traits;
• Appendix 4. Regression models of predictors of well-being.

Personality Predictors of Experienced Well-Being is an innovative medical textbook focusing on the psychological and personality factors that influence human well-being. This textbook provides insight from a psychological perspective and examines the relationship between individual characteristics and the experience of well-being in various aspects of human life.

At the beginning of the textbook, the main concepts related to well-being and personality psychology are considered. Students gain insight into how these two aspects interact and how personality traits can impact various aspects of life, including health, work, and personal relationships.

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