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Correlational findings

Study Steel & Ones (2002): study ZZ 1972

Public
Adult general public, 39 nations, 1972-1998
Sample
Respondents
N = 40000
Non Response
not reported
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face
And questionnaires.

Correlate

Authors's Label
NEO-PI-R
Our Classification
Operationalization
Items of NEO-PI-R Questionnaire, average score on:
-Neuroticism
-Extraversion

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks A-AB-*-mq-nt-11-a Ra² = .79 p < .01 Average Affect in nations explained by average scores for Neuroticism and Extraversion on NEO-PI-R Questionnaire, only Extraversion contributes to unique variance (p<0,01). O-Sum-*-sq-nt-11-a Ra² = ,64 p < .05 Average Overall SWB in nations explained by
Neuroticism and Extraversion on NEO-PI-R Questionnaire; only Neuroticism contributes to unique variance (p< 0,05).