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Eremina E. N. Personal Characteristics as Predictors of Subjective Well-Being of a Person with Diverse Employment Status. Izvestiya of Saratov University. Educational Acmeology. Developmental Psychology, 2017, vol. 6, iss. 1, pp. 59-68. DOI: 10.18500/2304-9790-2017-6-1-59-68
Personal Characteristics as Predictors of Subjective Well-Being of a Person with Diverse Employment Status
The paper shows the results of an empirical study of personal characteristics as predictors of subjective well-being of a person with diverse employment status carried out on a sample of temporarily unemployed people registered at the Engels employment center and unemployed (N=362, 19–63 years old, using following diagnostic tools: the scale of psychological well-being (K. Ryff in adaptation of L. V. Zhukovskaya and E. G. Troshikhina), the scale of life satisfaction (E. Diener in adaptation of D. A. Leontiev and E. N. Osin), the scale of positive and negative emotions measurement (E. N. Osin), the scale of subjective happiness (S. Lyubomirsky in adaptation of D. A. Leontiev), multifactor personality questionnaire (R. B. Cattell)), with the fixation on socio-demographic parameters. It was established that subjects with diverse employment statuses have similar personality traits that are universal for potential subjective well-being (sociability, courage, normalization etc.). Anxiety and emotional tension have impact on the level of psychological well-being of the unemployed. The applied aspect of the issue studied can be implemented in consultative practice of counseling services.
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