Affects and Personality: their Relations Hips in College Students

The present study aimed to investigate associations of sex, professional area and personality with the positive and negative affects in university students from southeastern Brazil. Participants were 120 students, with a mean age of 24.76 (SD = 5.517) years and 71.7% were female. They answered Affec...

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Autores: Noronha, Ana Paula Porto, Lamas, Karen Cristina Alves, Barros, Mariana Varandas de Camargo
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie (UPM)
Repositorio:Psicologia (Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie. Online)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.editorarevistas.mackenzie.br:article/7120
Acceso en línea:http://editorarevistas.mackenzie.br/index.php/ptp/article/view/7120
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:avaliação psicológica
psicologia positiva
bem-estar subjetivo
traços de personalidade
estudantes
evaluación psicológica
psicología positiva
bienestar subjetivo
rasgos de personalidad
estudiantes
psychological assessment
positive psychology
subjective well-being
personality traits
students
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Sumario:The present study aimed to investigate associations of sex, professional area and personality with the positive and negative affects in university students from southeastern Brazil. Participants were 120 students, with a mean age of 24.76 (SD = 5.517) years and 71.7% were female. They answered Affect Scale and Factorial Personality Battery (FPB). Correlation analysis showed different associations between factors of the instruments for males and for students of Engineering in relation to the overall sample. Regression models showed sex together with Neuroticism and Socialization as predictors of negative affects. While positive affects were best explained by occupational area, Extroversion, Neuroticism and Realization. The importance of considering other aspects, in addition to culture, to study subjective well-being and personality was discussed.