What Makes People High in Openness to Experience Happy? The Mediating Effect of Arts Engagement

Manolika, Maria; Jacobsen, Thomas

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dc.contributor.author	Manolika, Maria	de
dc.contributor.author	Jacobsen, Thomas	de
dc.date.accessioned	2025-09-12T11:33:49Z
dc.date.available	2025-09-12T11:33:49Z
dc.date.issued	2025	de
dc.identifier.issn	1541-4493	de
dc.identifier.uri	https://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/104772
dc.description.abstract	Openness to experience is one of the least studied traits in relation to subjective well-being, despite its potential as a resource that enables flourishing. In this study, we therefore focused on this particular trait and examined whether its relation to subjective well-being is explained by receptive (Studies 1 and 2) and participatory arts engagement (Study 2) using data from the GESIS Panel (N = 874) and the Swiss Household Panel (N = 6336). In both studies, results indicated that the link between openness to experience and positive affect was explained in part by receptive arts engagement, whereas Study 2 showed that both receptive and participatory arts engagement served as partial mediators between openness to experience and life satisfaction. It follows, then, that the tendency to engage in the arts can lead to a happier life, which strengthens previous evidence for the potential of the arts as a means of flourishing.	de
dc.language	en	de
dc.subject.ddc	Psychologie	de
dc.subject.ddc	Psychology	en
dc.subject.other	openness to experience; subjective well-being; arts engagement; positive affect; GESIS Panel - Standard Edition (ZA5665)	de
dc.title	What Makes People High in Openness to Experience Happy? The Mediating Effect of Arts Engagement	de
dc.description.review	begutachtet (peer reviewed)	de
dc.description.review	peer reviewed	en
dc.source.journal	Empirical Studies of the Arts
dc.source.volume	43	de
dc.publisher.country	GBR	de
dc.source.issue	1	de
dc.subject.classoz	Persönlichkeitspsychologie	de
dc.subject.classoz	Personality Psychology	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Wohlbefinden	de
dc.subject.thesoz	well-being	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Lebenszufriedenheit	de
dc.subject.thesoz	satisfaction with life	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Erleben	de
dc.subject.thesoz	experience	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Kunst	de
dc.subject.thesoz	art	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Partizipation	de
dc.subject.thesoz	participation	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Freizeitbeschäftigung	de
dc.subject.thesoz	recreational activity	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Intention	de
dc.subject.thesoz	intention	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Kulturangebot	de
dc.subject.thesoz	cultural program	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Inanspruchnahme	de
dc.subject.thesoz	recourse	en
dc.identifier.urn	urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-104772-7
dc.rights.licence	Creative Commons - Namensnennung 4.0	de
dc.rights.licence	Creative Commons - Attribution 4.0	en
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dc.type.stock	article	de
dc.type.document	Zeitschriftenartikel	de
dc.type.document	journal article	en
dc.source.pageinfo	565-583	de
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dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.1177/02762374241267934	de
dc.description.pubstatus	Veröffentlichungsversion	de
dc.description.pubstatus	Published Version	en
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