The Relationship Between Big Five Personality and Social Well-Being of Chinese Residents: The Mediating Effect of Social Support
Previous studies have noted that personality traits are important predictors of well-being, but how big five personality influences social well-being is still unknown. This study aims to examine the link between big five personality and five dimensions of social well-being in the Chinese cultural co...
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| description | Previous studies have noted that personality traits are important predictors of well-being, but how big five personality influences social well-being is still unknown. This study aims to examine the link between big five personality and five dimensions of social well-being in the Chinese cultural context and whether social support can play the mediating effect in the process. This study included 1,658 participants from different communities in China, and regression analyses were conducted. Results revealed that five personality traits were significantly related to overall social well-being; extraversion was significantly related to social integration; agreeableness was positively related to all five dimensions of social well-being; conscientiousness was positively related to social actualization, social coherence, and social contribution; neuroticism was negatively related to social integration, social acceptance, social actualization, and social coherence; openness was positively related to social integration, social acceptance, social coherence, and social contribution. Social support plays mediating roles in the relationships between extraversion/agreeableness/conscientiousness/neuroticism/openness and social well-being, respectively. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-db5563eed04d4c29942428a54c0129b72022-12-21T23:38:52ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782021-03-011110.3389/fpsyg.2020.613659613659The Relationship Between Big Five Personality and Social Well-Being of Chinese Residents: The Mediating Effect of Social SupportYanghang Yu0Yuanyuan Zhao1Dongyan Li2Jingqiu Zhang3Jiewei Li4School of Public Finance and Management, Yunnan University of Finance and Economics, Kunming, ChinaTourism and Cultural Industry Research Institute, Yunnan University of Finance and Economics, Kunming, ChinaSchool of Public Finance and Management, Yunnan University of Finance and Economics, Kunming, ChinaInternational College, National Institute of Development Administration, Bangkok, ThailandNational Centre for Borderlands Ethnic Studies in Southwest China at Yunnan University (NaCBES), Yunnan University, Kunming, ChinaPrevious studies have noted that personality traits are important predictors of well-being, but how big five personality influences social well-being is still unknown. This study aims to examine the link between big five personality and five dimensions of social well-being in the Chinese cultural context and whether social support can play the mediating effect in the process. This study included 1,658 participants from different communities in China, and regression analyses were conducted. Results revealed that five personality traits were significantly related to overall social well-being; extraversion was significantly related to social integration; agreeableness was positively related to all five dimensions of social well-being; conscientiousness was positively related to social actualization, social coherence, and social contribution; neuroticism was negatively related to social integration, social acceptance, social actualization, and social coherence; openness was positively related to social integration, social acceptance, social coherence, and social contribution. Social support plays mediating roles in the relationships between extraversion/agreeableness/conscientiousness/neuroticism/openness and social well-being, respectively.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.613659/fullbig five personalitysocial supportsocial well-beingChinamediating effect |
| spellingShingle | Yanghang Yu Yuanyuan Zhao Dongyan Li Jingqiu Zhang Jiewei Li The Relationship Between Big Five Personality and Social Well-Being of Chinese Residents: The Mediating Effect of Social Support Frontiers in Psychology big five personality social support social well-being China mediating effect |
| title | The Relationship Between Big Five Personality and Social Well-Being of Chinese Residents: The Mediating Effect of Social Support |
| title_full | The Relationship Between Big Five Personality and Social Well-Being of Chinese Residents: The Mediating Effect of Social Support |
| title_fullStr | The Relationship Between Big Five Personality and Social Well-Being of Chinese Residents: The Mediating Effect of Social Support |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Relationship Between Big Five Personality and Social Well-Being of Chinese Residents: The Mediating Effect of Social Support |
| title_short | The Relationship Between Big Five Personality and Social Well-Being of Chinese Residents: The Mediating Effect of Social Support |
| title_sort | relationship between big five personality and social well being of chinese residents the mediating effect of social support |
| topic | big five personality social support social well-being China mediating effect |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.613659/full |
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