Openness partially mediates effects of extraversion and novelty tolerance, and fully mediates general uncertainty tolerance, on well-being decline¶

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Subclaims¶

q2 i? Openness partially mediated the effects of extraversion (p = .031) and tolerance for novelty (p = .012) on subjective well-being decline, and fully mediated the association between general tolerance for uncertainty and well-being (indirect effect p = .008; direct effect p = .860). → 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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Conditional process modelling (Hayes Model 4, 5,000 bootstrap resamples) on the same 147-student sample. Table 4 reports indirect effects E→O→DSW (p = .031), TN→O→DSW (p = .012), GT→O→DSW (p = .008), with the GT direct effect non-significant (p = .860).

"openness was found to partially mediate the effects of extraversion and tolerance for novelty on subjective well-being, while also fully mediating the association between tolerance for uncertainty and well-being"

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Personality Traits — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes

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