Most people's life satisfaction matches their personality traits: True correlations in multitrait, multirater, multisample data.

René Mõttus; Anu Realo; Jüri Allïk; Liisi Ausmees; Samuel D. Henry; Robert R. McCrae; Uku Vainik

doi:10.1037/pspp0000501

April 1, 2024Journal of Personality and Social PsychologyOpen Access

Most people's life satisfaction matches their personality traits: True correlations in multitrait, multirater, multisample data.

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Life satisfaction closely matches individual personality traits across diverse populations, establishing strong alignment between subjective well-being and underlying dispositions.
Assessment combining self reports and informant reports across N = 20,886 individuals clarifies true correlations across broad personality domains and specific nuances.
Highlights the importance of accounting for construct overlaps and multirater assessments, clarifying how personality traits shape enduring life satisfaction judgments.

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Analysis of multirater data reveals strong life satisfaction links to personality traits in three language cohorts, suggesting deep construct overlap.

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