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Ha, Shang E.; Kim, Seokho – Social Indicators Research, 2013
Although the statistically significant relationship between personality traits and subjective well-being (i.e., self-reported happiness and life satisfaction) is well-known in the field of positive psychology, some scholars still cast doubt on the external validity of this finding and the strength of personality dimensions vis-a-vis other…
Descriptors: Employment Level, Personality Traits, Psychological Patterns, Well Being
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Reed, Maureen; Hadad, Marilyn – Journal of Professional, Continuing, and Online Education, 2016
The objective of this study was to examine whether continuing education that focuses on service learning could provide older students (over the age of 50) with knowledge and skills that increase their life satisfaction, confidence, and community integration. We also examined whether it could provide them with meaningful and purposeful experiences.…
Descriptors: Continuing Education, Service Learning, Adult Students, Older Adults
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Wiebe, Deborah J.; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1994
Adolescents who were more internally focused were more able to discern which symptoms actually covaried with blood glucose (BG) fluctuations; those with higher trait anxiety tended to misattribute non-diabetes-related symptoms to BG levels. Interactions suggested those who both attend to internal physical sensations and experience-heightened…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Patterns, Diabetes, Extraversion Introversion