Psychological richness has been proposed as a third dimension of a good life, in addition to happiness and meaning (Oishi & Westgate, 2022). Most of the existing work on the correlates of psychological richness is cross-sectional. This study capitalizes on a 10-year follow-up study and examines a novel question: Among college students, who are more likely to report psychological richness a decade later? Those who report higher psychological richness in early adulthood (30s) differed from their college peers in terms of personality (extraverted), self-views, and among diverse life domains, valued ‘self’ and ‘happiness.’ When examined simultaneously, three prospective correlates stood out: extraversion, importance of self, and importance of happiness. Interestingly, general life satisfaction, measured by Cantril’s ladder, showed slightly different correlational patterns compared to psychological richness (e.g., importance of health related with Cantril’s ladder, but not psychological richness). We provide a rare glimpse into the psychological characteristics that may shape experiences of psychological richness over time.
