Relationship between Personality Traits and Life Satisfaction among College Student of Varanasi U.P.

Abstract

The aim of this research is to examine the relationship between openness to experience new things, neuroticism, agreeableness, conscientiousness, and extraversion as they relate to life satisfaction. Purposive sampling was used to choose 200 students in the 18–25 age range who were enrolled in graduation or post-graduation programmes at the university and different colleges in Varanasi. The Big Five Personality Traits were assessed using Form-S, the 2010 NEO-Five Factor Inventory developed by Arora et al. (2010). Life satisfaction was measured using the Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS), which was developed by Diener, Emmons, Larsen, and Griffith in 1985. Stepwise regression and the Pearson Moment correlation coefficient were used to evaluate the data. The study’s findings demonstrated that agreeableness, extraversion, and life satisfaction are significantly positively correlated. In addition to this result, it has also been observed that there is a strong negative relationship between neuroticism and life satisfaction.