Abstract
The present research shows the correlations analyses result between positive and negative affects and the big five. Contributed to the development of study 529 students from public and private high schools, aged between 14 and 27 years (M = 16.0; SD = 1.48). About the gender 223 (42.2%) were males and 306 (57.8%) were females. The instruments used were the ‘Escala de Afetos Zanon (EAZ)’ and the ‘Bateria Fatorial de Personalidade (BFP)’. About the results, the relation between the neuroticism factor and the negative affect was the stronger coefficient (r = 0,62). The positive affect, showed a stronger correlation with the extroversion factor (r = 0,42). It was found that neuroticism is the best predictor of negative affect, while extroversion of positive affect. The findings are discussed in the literature context.
Keywords:
positive psychology; subjective well-being; personality traits; personality traits; emotional adjustment