Löckenhoff Corinna E, Ironson Gail H, O'Cleirigh Conall, Costa Paul T
National Institute on Aging, USA.
J Pers. 2009 Oct;77(5):1411-36. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2009.00587.x. Epub 2009 Jul 22.
We examined the association between five-factor personality domains and facets and spirituality/religiousness as well as their joint association with mental health in a diverse sample of people living with HIV (n=112, age range 18-66). Spirituality/religiousness showed stronger associations with Conscientiousness, Openness, and Agreeableness than with Neuroticism and Extraversion. Both personality traits and spirituality/religiousness were significantly linked to mental health, even after controlling for individual differences in demographic measures and disease status. Personality traits explained unique variance in mental health above spirituality and religiousness. Further, aspects of spirituality and religiousness were found to mediate some of the links between personality and mental health in this patient sample. These findings suggest that underlying personality traits contribute to the beneficial effects of spirituality/religiousness among vulnerable populations.
我们在一个多样化的HIV感染者样本（n = 112，年龄范围18 - 66岁）中，研究了五因素人格领域和层面与灵性/宗教信仰之间的关联，以及它们与心理健康的联合关联。与神经质和外向性相比，灵性/宗教信仰与尽责性、开放性和宜人性的关联更强。即使在控制了人口统计学指标和疾病状态的个体差异之后，人格特质和灵性/宗教信仰都与心理健康显著相关。人格特质在解释心理健康方面的独特差异时，超出了灵性和宗教信仰的作用。此外，在这个患者样本中，发现灵性和宗教信仰的某些方面在人格与心理健康之间的一些联系中起中介作用。这些发现表明，潜在的人格特质有助于在弱势群体中发挥灵性/宗教信仰的有益作用。
