Personality And Social Support As Predictors Of Life Satisfaction

ABSTRACT

The study investigated personality and social support as predictors of life satisfaction among a

population of 601 staff of Nigerian Prisons, Enugu State. Data were collected using Life

Satisfaction Index-Short Form (Barrette & Murk, 2009), Big Five Inventory (John, Donahue &

Kentle, 1991) and Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (Zimet, Dahlem, Zimet &

Farley, 1988). Multiple regression analysis was used to test the significance of the hypotheses.

The result of the study showed that extraversion (β =.28, P< .01), agreeableness (β =.07; P