Personality Factors as Correlates of Life Satisfaction among the Government Lecturers

The present study was to find out the relationship among personality factors and life satisfaction among government college lecturers. The sample consists of 105 lecturers (55 female and 50 male) (age ranges from 26-58 years). The NEO personality inventory and Life Satisfaction Scale were administered to collect data. The data were analyzed by using Pearson correlation and stepwise regression analysis. The results showed that (i) All the five dimensions of personality i.e. Neuroticism, Extraversion, openness, Agreeableness and conscientiousness have negative significant correlation with the life satisfaction of government college lecturers. (ii) stepwise regression analysis revealed three predictors of life satisfaction i.e. Agreeableness, Openness and Neuroticism.