How do personality traits predict life satisfaction? A recent study published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology explored this question while addressing methodological limitations in prior research. Life satisfaction is a crucial psychological outcome, traditionally studied through the lens of religion and philosophy. Recent inquiries have focused on its links to relatively stable psychological traits, rooted in the idea that beyond situational factors and life circumstances, there may be underlying stable factors, like Big 5 personality, that shape satisfaction with one’s lif…