Department of Psychology, University of Crete, 74100, Gallos, Rethymnon, Greece,
Ann Behav Med. 2014 Feb;47(1):79-91. doi: 10.1007/s12160-013-9523-5.
Little is known about the ways that personality is related to patient health, although there is some evidence that illness self-regulation as well as partner personality play a significant role.
The aim of the two present studies was to examine the intra-personal (i.e., through illness representations) and the inter-personal (i.e., partner) effects of personality on cardiac patients' subjective health.
One hundred fifteen patients participated in study 1; 75 patients and their spouses participated in study 2.
The representations of illness consequences, personal control, and the attribution of illness to emotional causes mediated the relation of personality to health (first study). The relations of patients' extraversion, agreeableness, and conscientiousness to their health were statistically significant at the higher levels (+1 SD) of spouse corresponding traits (second study).
Personality affects patients' health through illness representations (intrapersonal level), as well as by interacting with partner personality (interpersonal level).
尽管有证据表明疾病自我调节以及伴侣个性在其中起着重要作用，但人们对个性与患者健康之间的关系知之甚少。
本两项研究的目的是检验个性对心脏病患者主观健康的个体内（即通过疾病认知）和个体间（即伴侣）影响。
115 名患者参加了研究 1；75 名患者及其配偶参加了研究 2。
疾病后果、个人控制和疾病归因于情绪原因的认知代表了个性与健康之间的关系（第一项研究）。在配偶对应特征的较高水平（+1 SD）上，患者的外向性、宜人性和尽责性与他们的健康呈统计学显著相关（第二项研究）。
个性通过疾病认知（个体内水平）以及与伴侣个性相互作用（个体间水平）影响患者的健康。
