Attributional Style and Personality as Predictors of Happiness and Mental Health

By Helen Cheng, Adrian Furnham. 2001

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Subfields: Applied Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Social Psychology

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The Contribution of Social Relationships to Children’s Happiness (2009, background): “Consistent with the findings that social relationships contribute to well-being, extraversion, which is associated with friendships and social activity, is reliably and strongly correlated with happiness ( Cheng and Furnham 2001, 2002, 2003; Hayes and Joseph 2003; Hills and Argyle 2001; Neto 2001; ”
Is there a universal positivity bias in attributions? A meta-analytic review of individual, developmental, and cultural differences in the self-serving attributional bias. (2004, background): “Africa Unreported Within Hypothetical Varied Other 0.37 Cheng & Furnham, 2001 30 30 19–24 Males UK Unreported Within Hypothetical Varied ASQ 0.49 Cheng & Furnham, 2001 90 90 19–24 Females UK Unreported Within Hypothetical Varied ASQ 0.57 Choroszy et al. Mix/unrep.”
Change in life satisfaction during adulthood: findings from the veterans affairs normative aging study. (2005, background): “In addition, persons high in neuroticism are prone to interpret life events in a negative manner and to possess maladaptive attributional styles (Cheng & Furnham, 2001), thus potentially playing a role in keeping life satisfaction low, or decreasing it.”
The contribution of temperament, popularity, and physical appearance to children’s happiness (2008, background): “…extraversion, and neuroticism, additional variables related to personality and associated with happiness in adults include attributional style (Cheng and Furnham 2001), emotional stability (Hills and Argyle 2001a), loneliness (Neto 2001) and self-esteem (Cheng and Furnham 2003; Furnham and…”
Sweetheart, you really make me happy: romantic relationship quality and personality as predictors of happiness among emerging adults (2008, background): “Among the big five, extroversion and neuroticism were consistent predictors of happiness, extroversion being positively correlated to happiness and neuroticism being negatively correlated to happiness (Argyle, 2001; Cheng & Furnham, 2001 ).”
Spirituality, Religiousness, and Happiness in Children Aged 8–12 Years (2010, background): “These internal characteristics include personality traits such as extroversion and neuroticism ( Cheng and Furnham 2001, 2003; Furnham and Brewin 1990; Hayes and Joseph 2003; Hills and Argyle 2001a, b; Neto 2001; Pavot et al. 1990), and variables related to personality such as attributional stabili”