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  • Behavioral Genetics
  • Psychology
  • Genomics

Background:

  • Wellbeing and personality traits share significant variance, with twin studies suggesting common genetic influences.
  • Previous research indicates a substantial overlap between genetic factors influencing personality and those affecting wellbeing.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the predictive power of personality polygenic scores for wellbeing measures.
  • To determine if genetic predispositions for specific personality traits (NEO-FFI domains, extraversion, neuroticism) are associated with variations in subjective wellbeing.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized genome-wide association (GWA) results to derive polygenic scores for NEO Five-Factor Inventory (NEO-FFI) domains, and item response theory (IRT) derived extraversion and neuroticism traits.
  • Tested NEO-FFI polygenic scores against life satisfaction, positive affect, and general wellbeing across multiple cohorts (N=46,508).
  • Assessed IRT extraversion and neuroticism polygenic scores in UK Biobank data (N=37,000) for association with life satisfaction and positive affect, alongside estimating genetic correlations.

Main Results:

  • Meta-analysis revealed no significant association between NEO-FFI personality polygenic scores and wellbeing measures.
  • Extraversion polygenic scores showed a significant positive association with wellbeing measures, while neuroticism polygenic scores showed a significant negative association with life satisfaction.
  • Estimated moderate genetic correlations between neuroticism and wellbeing (life satisfaction: -0.49, positive affect: -0.55), consistent with shared genetic influences.

Conclusions:

  • Personality polygenic scores derived from IRT measures, specifically extraversion and neuroticism, demonstrate significant genetic associations with wellbeing.
  • The findings support the hypothesis of shared genetic underpinnings between specific personality traits and subjective wellbeing.
  • Genetic correlations suggest that neuroticism, in particular, shares substantial genetic variance with wellbeing, aligning with twin study observations.