PSY230H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Behavioral Activation, Positive Affectivity, Extraversion And Introversion
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Self-acceptance, autonomy, mastery, personal growth, purpose/meaning in life, positive social relationships. Hedonia: more positive affect (pa) than negative affect (na) on balance. About 50% of the variance in swb is stable. Consistently, studies show that extraversion & neuroticism are the big 5 traits that correlate most strongly with swb. Certain personality traits represent enduring dispositions that directly lead to swb. Extraversion correlated with stronger bas (behavioural activation system), so high extraversion - more likely to experience more positive affect (pa), which directly contributes to swb. Neuroticism correlated with stronger bis (behavioural inhibition system), so high neuroticism more likely to experience more negative affect (na), which directly contributes to swb. Certain personality traits have an indirect or instrumental role in swb. Lead people to encounter specific life situations that in turn affect swb. Other traits contribute to swb, sometimes more than extraversion & neuroticism. Swb most strongly correlated with repressive-defensiveness, r = -. 40.
