personality. Undergraduates (N = 570) completed online measures of marijuana use, negative consequences (using a modified form of … the Rutgers Alcohol Problem Index), well-being (happiness, life satisfaction, depression, and positive and negative affect …), and personality (using the NEO-PI-R). Rates of marijuana use were higher than those reported in many previous studies …

Personality is a powerful predictor of central life outcomes, including subjective well-being. Yet, we still know … little about how personality manifests in the very last years of life when well-being typically falls rapidly. Here, we … investigate whether the Big Five personality traits buffer (or magnify) terminal decline in well-being beyond and in interaction …

Unemployment continues to be one of the major challenges in industrialized societies. Aside from its economic … dimensions and societal repercussions, questions concerning the individual experience of unemployment have recently attracted … increasing attention. Although many studies have documented the detrimental effects of unemployment for subjective well …