Relación entre los rasgos de personalidad y los niveles de felicidad en estudiantes que cursan la unidad profesionalizante en la Facultad de Psicología de la Universidad de Cuenca, durante el período 2022 2023

Abstract

Within psychology, the study of the influence of happiness on well-being has been widely investigated by positive psychology, since it provides multiple benefits for the quality of life and the development of human beings. In addition to this, several articles have shown that personality traits are related to the level of happiness that a person can experience, so that certain traits such as neuroticism, tend to mark low levels of happiness and others such as extraversion score high levels. Therefore, the objective of this research was to determine the relationship between personality traits and happiness levels in students of the Faculty of Psychology of the professionalizing unit of the University of Cuenca, in the period 2022-2023. A quantitative approach was used, with a correlational and non-experimental scope. A sample of 176 participants was used. The instruments used were the Lima Happiness Scale and the NEO-FFI Personality Inventory, using the Big Five model. As main results, a statistically significant, negative and high correlation was found between happiness and Neuroticism; in addition to a positive and moderate correlation between happiness and extraversion.