LB - Personality and Wellbeing

• Personality


  patterns of behavior, thoughts, emotions that characterise each response to a situation
• Myers-Briggs Personality type indication

  16 personality types (E/I, T/F, S/N, J/P)

  proven to predict wellbeing
• Friendman and Rosenman


  based on responses to stress

  Type A: competitive, hostile, prone to stress-related diseases

  Type B: relaxed, forgiving

  Type C: sensitive, emotional ect.
• EYSENCK - 3 FACTOR MODEL

  • Introversion <-> extraversion
  • stability <-> neuroticism
  • self-control <-> psychotism
• Big 5 personality factors

  CANOE (conscientiousness, agreeableness, neuroticism, openness, extraversion)
• Measuring Personality

  • Projective tests: psychoanalytical, assess/reveal unconscious processes and project aspects of personality onto ambiguous test stimuli
  • Thematic Apperception Test: tell story about an image
  • Objective tests: root in empirical tradition, requires minimal inference in scoring and interpretation
  • EPQ-R (3 factor model) and Neo Pi-R (CANOE)
• Personality Tests

  • Minnestota Multiphase personality inventory
• wellbeing


  positive esteem, engagement, relationships, meaning and accomplishments
• other factors influencing wellbeing

  • individual differences: age, gender, IQ, occupation, beliefs
  • social/environment: ubringing, life events
  • biological
  • cultural
• Differences in wellbeing

  • physical
  • emotional
  • social etc.