Being Vital: A Function of Big Five Personality Traits

Individuals vary in their experience of vitality as a function not only of physical influences (e.g., states of illness and fatigue), but also psychological factors (e.g., being in love, having a mission, being effective). So for, the present study was conducted to examine the relationship between subjective vitality and personality traits. The sample consisted of 100 students taken from Bahauddin Zakariya University Multan. To measure the subjective vitality and personality traits, Subjective Vitality Scale (Ryan & Frederick, 1997) and Five-Factor Inventory (Fincham & Rhodes, 1999) were used respectively. Empirical results indicated that two of the Big-five personality traits; extraversion and conscientiousness are significantly positively correlated to subjective vitality. Traits of neuroticism and agreeableness are negatively but not significantly correlated with subjective vitality.