AUTHOR=Di Fabio Annamaria , Palazzeschi Letizia , Bonfiglio Antonia , Gori Alessio , Svicher Andrea 

TITLE=Hedonic and eudaimonic well-being for sustainable development in university students: personality traits or acceptance of change?

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology

VOLUME=14

YEAR=2023

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1180995

DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1180995

ISSN=1664-1078

ABSTRACT=<sec><title>Introduction</title><p>The psychology of sustainability and sustainable development aims to contribute to the establishment of a culture of sustainability regarding the 2030 Agenda and its 17 sustainable development goals.</p></sec><sec><title>Methods</title><p>In this framework, this study examined the associations between acceptance of change and well-being (hedonic and eudaimonic sides), controlling for the effects of personality traits, in 284 Italian university students.</p></sec><sec><title>Results</title><p>Acceptance of change explained additional variance over personality traits regarding hedonic and eudaimonic well-being.</p></sec><sec><title>Discussion</title><p>Acceptance of change could thus represent a promising well-being resource from the perspective of strength-based prevention, opening future perspectives to face the challenges of sustainable development, particularly concerning Goal 3 of the 2030 Agenda: “Good health and well-being.”</p></sec>