The big five and well-being outcomes during the revolution in Romania
Keywords:
personality, Big Five, occupational stressAbstract
This study investigated the relationships between the Big Five personality dimensions and well-being outcomes found in Western countries could be replicated in Romania during the revolution in 1990. The California Psychological Inventory, the Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire, and well-being measures were administered to 290 Romanian engineers. The Big Five personality dimensions were derived by means of factor analysis. The study confirmed that extraversion is negatively related to depression and somatic complaints, that neuroticism is negatively to job satisfaction and is positively related to depression and somatic complaints, and that conscientiousness is positively related to job satisfaction. Also, some unexpected relationships were found. It was concluded that most of the relationships between personality and well-being outcomes found in Western countries are confirmed in an East-European country and that differences in the relationships can be explained by societal factors of that time.
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