Agreeableness is unexpectedly a weak risk factor for well-being decline in wartime students¶
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q2 i1 Agreeableness showed a weak positive association with decline in subjective well-being (r = .16, p < .05), contrary to its expected protective role. → Zavhorodnia 2026
Evidence¶
Zavhorodnia 2026¶
Zavhorodnia, O. V., & Shepelova, M. V. (2026). Big Five Traits and Tolerance for Uncertainty as Protective Factors of Subjective Well-Being of Students in Martial Law Conditions. Europe's Journal of Psychology, 22(2). https://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.17767
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Pearson correlation in the 147-student wartime sample. The authors attribute the effect to possible psychological overload among highly agreeable individuals, especially women, facing social expectations and caregiving demands.
"agreeableness showed a weak but positive association with indicators of a decline in well-being (r = .16, p < .05), contrary to our expectation regarding its protective function"
Discussion¶
Learner Variables¶
- Personality Traits — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes
Related Claims¶
- Emotional stability shows the strongest negative association with decline in students' subjective well-being under martial law — related
- Extraversion correlates negatively with well-being decline in wartime students, though less strongly than emotional stability — related
- Conscientiousness and tolerance for novelty show small negative associations with well-being decline; other uncertainty-tolerance facets do not — related
- Openness partially mediates effects of extraversion and novelty tolerance, and fully mediates general uncertainty tolerance, on well-being decline
- Openness protects against well-being decline only when emotional stability is average or high
- University students overwhelmingly report goals to change at least one Big Five trait, but agreeableness may be the hardest trait to shift — related
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Agreeableness is unexpectedly a weak risk factor for well-being decline in wartime students |
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Agreeableness is unexpectedly a weak risk factor for well-being decline in wartime students |
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