Bridging the generation gap: The interrelations of personality traits and psychological well-being among people between 50 and 75 and in generation y. A pilot study

Szy, Ágnes (2015) Bridging the generation gap: The interrelations of personality traits and psychological well-being among people between 50 and 75 and in generation y. A pilot study. Psychologia Hungarica Caroliensis, 3 (2). pp. 33-55. ISSN 2064-2504

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Abstract

The psychological well-being of young as well as older Hungarian adults is becoming an increasingly important issue that they often relate to socioeconomic and sociopolitical instability. Therefore, the purpose of the present small-scale study is to investigate the possible similarities between the 20-25-year-old and the 50-75-year-old people in terms of how Big Five traits predict personal growth, psychological immunity, and meaning in life that are strong predictors of psychological well-being. Participants (N=104) filled in an anonymous online questionnaire. T-tests and regression analyses were conducted. The results show that there is no significant difference between the two cohorts regarding the mean values of the Big Five scores. Neuroticism has a very strong predictive value in both cohorts on all the three scales that overall measured psychological well-being but the direction and the significance of the predictive value differ between the cohorts.

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