Journal
QUALITY OF LIFE RESEARCH
Volume 25, Issue 11, Pages 2897-2908Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-016-1296-4
Keywords
Life events; Personality; Perceived social support; Subjective quality of life
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- GlaxoSmithKline
- Faculty of Biology and Medicine of Lausanne
- Swiss National Science Foundation [3200B0-105993, 3200B0-118308, 33CSCO-122661, 33CS30-139468, 33CS30-148401]
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The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between major recent life events that occurred during the last 5 years, social and personal resources, and subjective quality of life (QoL). A total of 1801 participants from the general population (CoLaus/PsyCoLaus study) completed the Life Events Questionnaire, the Social Support Questionnaire, the NEO Five-Factor Inventory Revised, and the Manchester Short Assessment of Quality of Life. Major life events were modestly associated with the QoL (about 5 % of the explained variance). However, QoL was significantly related to perceived social support and personality traits (about 37 % of the explained variance). Particularly, perceived social support, extraversion and conscientiousness personality dimensions were positively linked to life satisfaction, whereas a high level of neuroticism was negatively associated with QoL. This study highlights the negative but temporary association between critical events and QoL. However, a combination of high conscientiousness and extraversion, and positive social support may explain better variances for a high-perceived QoL.
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