Center for BrainHealth, University of Texas at Dallas, Dallas, 75235, USA.
Psychol Health. 2010 Mar;25(3):305-19. doi: 10.1080/08870440902736964.
The personality trait of conscientiousness is an important predictor of health and longevity. The present research examined how conscientiousness, in combination with educational attainment and health-related behaviours, predicted self-reported physical health across adulthood. These relations were investigated in two studies, one using a large, representative sample of Illinois residents (N = 617) and the other using a community sample with a multi-method assessment of conscientiousness (N = 274). Across both studies, structural path analyses provided evidence for a model wherein conscientiousness predicted health, in part, through its relationship to both educational attainment and health-related behaviours. The findings suggest conscientiousness predicts health through a diverse set of mechanisms including, but not limited to, educational attainment and health-related behaviours.
尽责性是人格特质的一个重要预测因子，与健康和长寿密切相关。本研究考察了尽责性与教育程度和与健康相关的行为相结合，如何预测成年人的自我报告身体健康状况。这两个研究分别使用了伊利诺伊州居民的大样本代表性样本（N=617）和采用多方法评估尽责性的社区样本（N=274）进行了研究。在这两个研究中，结构路径分析提供了证据，证明了一个模型，即尽责性通过与教育程度和与健康相关的行为的关系来预测健康。研究结果表明，尽责性通过一系列不同的机制来预测健康，包括但不限于教育程度和与健康相关的行为。
