TITLE:
The Relationship between Happiness and Self-Awareness among Introverts and Extroverts
AUTHORS:
Mandana Bagherian, Adis Kraskian Mojembari, Parviz Naghibian, Sanam Farshad Nik
KEYWORDS:
Big Five Personality Traits, Extroversion, Self-Awareness, Introversion, Students
JOURNAL NAME:
Psychology,
Vol.7 No.8,
July
15,
2016
ABSTRACT: It is commonly believed that extroverts are happy and felicitous, and
introversion is usually regarded as the state of having no fun or happiness in
life. The present research is intended to investigate the relationship between extroversion
(one of the Big Five Personality Traits) and happiness level among individuals
to figure out whether there is any significant relationship between
extroversion/introversion and happiness. Also the level of self-awareness of
the extroverts and introverts is measured. In this study the NEO Five-Factor
Inventory (NEO-FFI), which comprises 60 items (12 items per domain), and MUNSH
Scale of Happiness as well as McGraw-Hill’s Self Awareness Questionnaire were used. The
participants were 150 students ranging from 18 to 50 years. The regression
analysis was used to figure out the relationship between variables. The
findings suggest that extroverts are happier than introverts (p p