To What Extent Personality Traits and Psychological Resilience Affects Subjective Wellbeing? A Study on Young Adults of Tripura

Abstract

The aim of the present study is to find out to what extent personality traits and psychological resilience affects subjective wellbeing. The study was carried out among 237 young adults (College and University students) their age ranging 19 to 23 years. A simple random sampling technique was used to select the sample. Data were collected using Subjective Well-being Inventory developed by Sell and Nagpal, NEO PI R developed by Costa & McCrae and Resilience Scale developed by Wagnild and Young. Descriptive statistics such as mean, standard deviation and correlation were done to analyze the data. Furthermore, Regression analysis was conducted to assess the relative contribution of the personality traits and psychological resilience on subjective well-being. The results indicated that out of 4 positive personality traits, except openness to experience, other three traits such as conscientiousness, extraversion, and agreeableness is positively associated with subjective well-being while it has a negative correlation with neuroticism. Additionally, resilience is positively linked to subjective wellbeing. The regression analysis confirmed that all personality traits, except for neuroticism, make significant contributions to subjective wellbeing, and resilience also plays a significant role in enhancing subjective wellbeing