Relationship between personality traits (, and ) with life satisfaction and perceived stress in healthy university students: A cross-sectional study.

INTRODUCTION

are three basic mental attributes of a personality according to Indian literature that explains the relationship between mental attributes and human behavior. The three attributes are (tendency toward lethargy and rigidity), (tendency toward ambition and activity) and (tendency toward selfless service), respectively. Satisfaction with life and perceived stress are the important determinants of one's quality of life.

AIM

A cross-sectional study assessed the relationship between , life satisfaction and perceived stress.

MATERIALS AND METHODS

The study recruited 121 willing healthy university students (75 females) with general health questionnaire scores ≤3. All participants were assessed using standardized psychometric tools.

RESULTS

Spearman two-tailed correlation test revealed to have positive correlation with life satisfaction ( = 0.503) and negative correlation with perceived stress ( = -0.302) and other two (: = -0.77; : = -0.75), respectively. On the other hand, both and correlated positively with perceived stress (s: = 0.183; : = 0.321) and negatively with life satisfaction (: = -0.40; : = -0.36).

CONCLUSION

This cross-sectional study on university students in India suggests an association of personality traits ( and ) with life satisfaction, and perceived stress.