Are happier people less vulnerable to rumination, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress? Evidence from a large scale disaster

Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica

Psychology: Research and Review

Table 1 Correlations between Waive 1 (personality, and subjective well-being) and Waive 2 (rumination, post-traumatic symptoms, and anxiety) measures (N = 33)

Waive 1	Waive 2
	Rumination	Posttraumatic stress symptoms	Anxiety
Personality
Openness	−.05	.03	.06
Agreableness	.07	.01	−.13
Conscientiousness	.12	−.29	−.20
Extraversion	−.26	.06	.11
Neuroticism	.44**	.24	.20
N1 – Vulnerability	.34*	.09	.08
N2 – Emotional instability	.27	.21	.14
N3 – Passivity/lack of energy	.24	.15	.07
N4 – Depression	.61**	.35*	.40*
Subjective well-being
Positive affect	−.37*	−.25	−.30
Negative affect	.43*	.39*	.39*
Life satisfaction	−.49**	−.29	−.41*