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Can Big Five Facets Distinguish between Hedonic and Eudaimonic Well-Being? A Dominance Analysis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 November 2016

Rosario J. Marrero ,
Mar Rey  and
Juan Andrés Hernández-Cabrera
Rosario J. Marrero*
Affiliation:
Universidad de la Laguna (Spain)
Mar Rey
Affiliation:
Universidad de la Laguna (Spain)
Juan Andrés Hernández-Cabrera
Affiliation:
Universidad de la Laguna (Spain)
*
*Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Rosario J. Marrero Quevedo. Dept. of Clinical Psychology, Psychobiology and Methodology. Faculty of Psychology. Universidad de La Laguna. Campus de Guajara, s/n. 38205. Tenerife (Spain). E-mail: rmarrero@ull.edu.es
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Abstract

In this study, the aim was to analyze the relative importance of Five-Factor Model (FFM) personality facets for eudaimonic or psychological well-being (PWB) and hedonic or subjective well-being (SWB) through dominance analyses. The participants were 1,403 adult residents of Spain (mean age 37.2 years, SD = 13.9). As expected, facets captured a substantial proportion of the variance in PWB and SWB, with PWB being better predicted than SWB (explaining around 36–55% of the variance of PWB vs. 25% of the variance of SWB). Some facets were common to both types of well-being such as depression (explaining between 5–33% of the variance), vulnerability (explaining between 4–21% of the variance), positive emotions (explaining between 2-9% of the variance) and achievement striving (explaining between 2–10% of the variance), whereas others made a unique contribution according to type of well-being. Certain facets had a greater relative importance for women’s well-being -e.g., positive emotions explained 9% of the variance of self-acceptance for women vs. 3% for men- and others for men’s well-being -e.g., achievement striving explained 9% of the variance of personal growth for men vs. 2% for women-. The present results contribute to the literature by identifying which Big Five facets showed greater relative importance in explaining and distinguishing between PWB and SWB for women and men.

Keywords

big fivedominance analysespsychological well-beingsubjective well-being
Type
Research Article
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The Spanish Journal of Psychology , Volume 19 , 2016 , E84
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Copyright © Universidad Complutense de Madrid and Colegio Oficial de Psicólogos de Madrid 2016 

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