Personality and self-reported health: matching predictors and criteria

被引:22
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作者
Wasylkiw, L [1 ]
Fekken, GC [1 ]
机构
[1] Queens Univ, Dept Psychol, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada
关键词
health; health behaviour; personality; traits; level of measurement;
D O I
10.1016/S0191-8869(01)00175-1
中图分类号
B84 [心理学];
学科分类号
04 ; 0402 ;
摘要
Personality predictors of self-reported health and health behaviours were compared at two levels of personality measurement, the trait and the dimension level for 350 undergraduate participants (mean age: 19 years). We hypothesized that when the level of measurement of the predictors matched the level of measurement of the criteria, the strongest relationships would be obtained. Our results provide some support that: (1) personality dimensions are better predictors of general measures of health and health behaviour than personality traits are; and (2) personality traits are better predictors of specific measures of health and health behaviour than personality dimensions are. The usefulness of matching predictors and criteria in clarifying the nature of the health and personality link are discussed. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码:607 / 620
页数:14
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