Personality traits as predictors of the hedonic aspect of subjective well-being in adolescence

The level of hedonic well-being is a significant component of personality subjective well-being. However, there is no sufficient data on predictors of hedonic well-being in adolescence. Therefore, this issue seems relevant for research in the context of adolescence. Knowing what personality traits influence the level of hedonic well-being at this age can be valuable when organizing preventive and corrective work with adolescents. The paper presents data of an empirical study of a regression model of the influence of personality traits on hedonic well-being in adolescence. The study involved 80 adolescents from secondary educational institutions of Novosibirsk aged 13–17 years. The author used the following techniques: BFI-2 adapted by Yu.A. Ka­lu­gi­na and S.A. Shche­be­ten­ko, TEIQue-ASF adapted by E.N. Pen­ki­na and O.A. Sham­shi­ko­va, “Life Satisfaction Scale” adapted by D.A. Le­on­tye­va and E.N. Osin, a PANAS analogue developed by E.N. Osin. The predictive ability of personality traits in relation to the hedonic aspect of subjective well-being in adolescence was identified. The emotional intelligence trait has a significant impact on the affective component of hedonic well-being, in particular: high indices of “Positive attitude towards life” influence positive affect (β=0.34), and high indices of “Managing one’s emotions and behavior” influence negative affect (β=−0.30). Among the Big Five personality traits, the neuroticism trait has a negative influence on positive affect (β=−0.25) and life satisfaction (β=−0.25), but influences positively negative affect (β=0.52); the agreeableness trait influences negative affect (β=−0.18) and life satisfaction (β=0.31); the conscientiousness trait influences positive affect (β=0.30).