Hedonic and eudaimonic well-being: Personality traits and career decision-making self-efficacy

The objective of this study was to examine the associations among career decision-making self-efficacy and both hedonic and eudaimonic well-being, controlling for personality traits. Four hundred and two university students filled out the Big Five Questionnaire, the Career Decision Self-Efficacy Scale Short Form and measures of both hedonic (positive affect and negative affect, life satisfaction) and eudaimonic well-being (meaning in life, flourishing). The results showed that career decision-making self-efficacy contributed to both hedonic and eudaimonic well-being, with a higher contribution in eudaimonic well-being. Future perspectives of research and intervention were delineated in both strength-based prevention and primary prevention perspectives.