TY  - JOUR
T1  - Personality and Social Support as Predictors of Life Satisfaction of Nigerian Prisons Officers
AU - E. Onyishi, Ike AU - E. Okongwu, Obinna 
JO  - The Social Sciences
VL  - 8
IS  - 1
SP  - 5
EP  - 12
PY  - 2013
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1818-5800
DO  - sscience.2013.5.12
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=sscience.2013.5.12
KW  - Personality
KW  -social support
KW  -life satisfaction
KW  -prison officers
KW  -family
KW  -Nigeria
AB  - The study examined the relationship among personality, social 
  support and life satisfaction among 601 employees of the Nigerian Prisons Service 
  in a Southeastern State in Nigeria. Data were collected using Life Satisfaction 
  Index Short Form, the Big Five Inventory and Multidimensional Scale of Perceived 
  Social Support. The result of the multiple regression analyses showed that personality 
  is a significant predictor of life satisfaction. Specifically, extraversion, 
  agreeableness, conscientiousness and neuroticism were found to predict life 
  satisfaction. The results also showed that social support is positively related 
  to life satisfaction. Friends support, significant others support and family 
  support were significant predictors of life satisfaction among the participants. 
  The implications of these results to research and clinical practice were discussed.
ER  -