Predictive Ability of Psychological Resilience and Big Five Factors in Fear of Happiness

Abstract

The study aimed to reveal the predictive ability of psychological resilience and the Big Five factors in fear of happiness among female students of the College of Education at the University of Hail. The study sample consisted of (455) female students who were selected using the available method. To achieve the objectives of the study, the Gilbert et al., 2012 Fear of Happiness Scale, the Smith et al., 2008 Psychological resilience Scale, and the John, Donahue & Kentle, 1991 Big Five Factors Scale were used. The results of the study showed that the level of fear of happiness was moderate. The results also showed a statistically significant correlation between fear of happiness and psychological resilience and all dimensions of the Big five factors, and all correlation coefficients were positive, with the exception of the relationship between fear of happiness and both the Agreeableness dimension and the conscientiousness dimension, for which the correlation coefficient was negative. The results also showed that psychological resilience, agreeableness, openness to experience, and neuroticism together explained (60%) of the variance in fear of happiness.