Family Experiences While Growing Up, Personality Traits, and Well-Being: A Mediation Analysis

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dc.abstract.enThis study examines how early-life family experiences are associated with adult well-being (subjective, eudaimonic social, and eudaimonic personal well-being) and the role of personality traits in this process. Using data from 202,898 respondents across 22 countries in the Global Flourishing Study (representative samples, cross-sectional data), we find that positive family experiences predict higher well-being and foster traits such as extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, and emotional stability, but not openness. These four traits positively predict all well-being types, while openness is linked only to personal well-being and shows no association with subjective well-being and a weak negative link to social well-being. Our results show that personality traits (excluding openness) partially explain how early-life family experiences are associated with adult well-being. Additionally, growing up with married parents is linked to higher social well-being, a relationship fully mediated by personality traits except for extraversion. These findings underscore the possibly lasting impact of early-life family environments on well-being in adulthood, with personality traits acting as key mechanisms. While supportive family backgrounds contribute to well-being through personality development, fostering these traits in individuals from less favorable backgrounds may promote well-being and personal growth. Understanding these associations can inform policies and interventions that help individuals flourish.
dc.affiliationWydział Psychologii w Warszawie
dc.affiliationInstytut Psychologii
dc.contributor.authorZalewska, Anna
dc.contributor.authorWeziak-Białowolska, Dorota
dc.contributor.authorGrabowska-Chenczke, Olga
dc.contributor.authorWerner-Maliszewska, Anna
dc.contributor.authorZawadzka-Jabłonowska, Agnieszka
dc.date.access2027-06-16
dc.date.accessioned2025-07-09T09:42:37Z
dc.date.available2025-07-09T09:42:37Z
dc.date.created2025-06-16
dc.date.issued2025-08
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dc.description.additionalvorArtykuł został przypisany do wydania
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dc.description.versionfinal_author
dc.description.volume117
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.jrp.2025.104630
dc.identifier.issn0092-6566
dc.identifier.urihttps://share.swps.edu.pl/handle/swps/1533
dc.identifier.weblinkhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0092656625000625
dc.languageen
dc.pbn.affiliationpsychologia
dc.rightsCC-BY-NC-ND
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dc.share.articleOPEN_REPOSITORY
dc.subject.enchildhood and adolescence
dc.subject.enpersonality traits
dc.subject.ensubjective well-being
dc.subject.enpersonal and social eudaimonic well-being
dc.subject.enGlobal Flourishing Study
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dc.titleFamily Experiences While Growing Up, Personality Traits, and Well-Being: A Mediation Analysis
dc.title.journalJournal of Research in Personality
dc.typeJournalArticle
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