Self-Esteem, Extraversion, Neuroticism and Health As Predictors of Quality of Life

• Authors: Gabriela Mikulášková , Peter Babinčák
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The study verified self-esteem, extraversion, neuroticism and health as predictors of subjectively-assessed quality of life. The sample included 109 adolescents (69 healthy adolescents and 40 adolescents with upper respiratory tract disease). The research tools used were WHOQOL-BREF (WHO, 1998), Rosenberg´s self-esteem scale (Rosenberg, 1965) and NEO-FFI personality questionnaire (Hřebíčková et al., 2002). The results were processed using the multiple linear regression analysis stepwise method. Health was not found to be a predictor of subjectively-assessed quality of life in the research sample. Self-esteem was found to be a predictor of psychological (48% of variance) and environmental (25% of variance) quality of life. Neuroticism was confirmed as a predictor only for physical quality of life (8% of variance). Extraversion was established as a universal predictor for all the aspects of quality of life measured: physical (20% of variance), psychological (8% of variance) and environmental (10% of variance).

Keywords

EN

quality of life; self-esteem; extraversion; neuroticism; measurement of quality of life

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Human Affairs
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 25
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 411-420

Dates

published

2015-10-01

online

2015-10-06

Contributors

author

Gabriela Mikulášková

• Institute of Psychology, Faculty of Arts, University of Prešov, 17 Novembra 1, 08078 Prešov, Slovakia

author

Peter Babinčák

• Institute of Psychology, Faculty of Arts, University of Prešov, 17 Novembra 1, 08078 Prešov, Slovakia

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Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/humaff-2015-0033