We examined relations between US early adolescents’ major personality traits and global life satisfaction
(LS) and satisfaction in five specific domains (i.e., family, friends, school, self, living environment). A sample
of 344 7th graders completed the Adolescent Personal Style Inventory (Lounsbury et al., 2003), which
assesses the Big Five traits of neuroticism, extraversion, openness, agreeableness, and conscientiousness.