The Relationships between Big Five Personality Traits and Subjective Vitality

Abstract

El presente estudio examina la relación entre los rasgos de per- sonalidad Big Five y la vitalidad subjetiva. Los participantes fueron 307 es- tudiantes universitarios [180 (59%) mujeres, 127 (41%), M edad = 21.24 años, SD = 1.21], que completaron el grupo de cuestionarios Adjective Bases Personality Scale y el Subjective Vitality Scale. Se empleó un análisis de re- gresión jerárquica con los rasgos de personalidad big five para explicar la varianza en la vitalidad subjetiva. Los resultados muestran que la extraver- sión, la agradabilidad y la apertura fueron predictores significativamente po- sitivos y el neuroticismo fue un predictor negativo de la vitalidad subjetiva, explicando el 31% del total de la rarianza. El nivel de conciencia no fue predictor significativo de la vitalidad subjetiva. Se discute la significación y las limitaciones de los resultados.

The current study examined the relationship between big five personality traits and subjective vitality. Participant were 307 university stu- dents [180 (59%) female, 127 (41%) male, M age = 21.24 years, SD = 1.21] who completed questionnaires package the Adjective Based Personality Scale and the Subjective Vitality Scale. A hierarchical regression analyses was used with big five personality traits to explain variance in subjective vitality. The results showed that extraversion, agreeableness, and openness were significant positive predictors and neuroticism was significant negative pre- dictor of subjective vitality which accounted for 31% of the total variance. Consciousness did not significant predictor of subjective vitality. The sig- nificance and limitations of the results are discussed.