TY - JOUR
T1 - Self-informant agreement for subjective well-being among Japanese
AU - Saeki, Masao
AU - Oishi, Shigehiro
AU - Maeno, Takashi
AU - Gilbert, Elizabeth
N1 - Funding Information:
We would like to thank Hyerin Kim for providing invaluable comments on earlier versions of the paper. This research was supported in part by a Grant in Aid for the Global Center of Excellence Program for the “Center for Education and Research of Symbiotic, Safe and Secure System Design” from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sport, and Technology in Japan.
PY - 2014/10
Y1 - 2014/10
N2 - The present study examined the convergence between self- and informant-ratings for well-being among Japanese students. A total of 202 same-sex friend pairs completed self-reports and informant reports of life satisfaction, domain satisfaction, positive and negative affect, extraversion, and neuroticism. Life satisfaction and other variables showed significant self-informant agreement correlations, thereby establishing their convergent validity. However, the size of agreement on life satisfaction was lower than the previous findings conducted in the United States, whereas other variables did not differ from previous results. Furthermore, there was a significant difference in the size of agreement between life satisfaction and extraversion; that is, life satisfaction produced lower agreement than extraversion.
AB - The present study examined the convergence between self- and informant-ratings for well-being among Japanese students. A total of 202 same-sex friend pairs completed self-reports and informant reports of life satisfaction, domain satisfaction, positive and negative affect, extraversion, and neuroticism. Life satisfaction and other variables showed significant self-informant agreement correlations, thereby establishing their convergent validity. However, the size of agreement on life satisfaction was lower than the previous findings conducted in the United States, whereas other variables did not differ from previous results. Furthermore, there was a significant difference in the size of agreement between life satisfaction and extraversion; that is, life satisfaction produced lower agreement than extraversion.
KW - Affect
KW - Culture
KW - Life satisfaction
KW - Personality
KW - Self-informant agreement
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U2 - 10.1016/j.paid.2014.05.018
DO - 10.1016/j.paid.2014.05.018
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84902506707
SN - 0191-8869
VL - 69
SP - 124
EP - 128
JO - Personality and Individual Differences
JF - Personality and Individual Differences
ER -