Osobine ličnosti i osnovne psihološke potrebe kao prediktori zadovoljstva životom: rezultati on-line istraživanja
Personality and Basic Psychological Needs as Predictors of Life Satisfaction: Results of the On-line Study

Summary/Abstract: The goal of this research has been to add to the understanding of the life satisfaction concept through the comparison of two theoretical models. Costa and McCrae's model (Costa, McCrae, 1980; McCrae, Costa, 1991) of influence of personality dimensions on life satisfaction highlights the importance of extraversion and neuroticism, as well as the importance of agreeableness and conscientiousness. Self-determination theory, however, posits that the fulfillment of basic psychological needs, in the sense of accumulation of daily attainment of experiences of autonomy, competence and relatedness, predicts life satisfaction. The results confirmed the previous research and models of influence on life satisfaction which we have compared: Extraversion, neuroticism and conscientiousness are significant predictors of life satisfaction among personality dimensions, whereas extraversion and conscientiousness are positive and neuroticism is a negative predictor; satisfaction of basic psychological needs is a strong positive predictor of life satisfaction.

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