PT Journal AU Kremenkova, L Kvintova, J Pugnerova, M SO e-Pedagogium PY 2017 BP 76 EP 88 VL 17 IS 1 DI 10.5507/epd.2017.007 DE Personality Traits; Life Satisfaction; Well-being; Student; Educational fields of study AB The aim of the paper was to analyze the life satisfaction in relation to personality characteristics of students of teaching disciplines. The research survey was performed by questionnaire methods (DZS, NEO-PI-R) and comprised 319 participants. As part of the results has been found significantly lower levels of satisfaction with Health and Self by the students of teaching fields than the normative values of the same age population. It has not been found continuity of Life satisfaction with age (r = -0.008), nor with sex (r = 0.02). Conversely, it have been confirmed the research assumption mapping relation between Life satisfaction and Personality. Specifically, it has been confirmed a link between Life satisfaction and Neuroticism (r = -0.49), Extraversion (0.37), Agreeableness (r = 0.3) and Conscientiousness (r = 0.23). Life satisfaction relationship with Openness to experiences (r = 0.04) has not been proved. ER