Letzring Tera D, Edmonds Grant W, Hampson Sarah E
Department of Psychology, Idaho State University, 921 S. 8 Ave., Pocatello, ID 83209, USA.
Oregon Research Institute, 1776 Millrace Drive, Eugene, OR 97403-2536, USA.
Pers Individ Dif. 2014 Feb;58. doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2013.10.002.
Personality traits change across the lifespan, and trait change, in addition to trait level, may be related to health. Longitudinal data from the Hawaii Personality and Health Cohort were used to investigate associations between changes in traits and self-rated health (SRH). Participants ( = 733, = 44.4) completed measures of the Big Five personality traits and SRH twice approximately 3 years apart. Personality trait changes were associated with SRH change. Additionally, increases on Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, and Openness, and decreases on Neuroticism, predicted increases in SRH, even when controlling for gender and education. Relating correlated trait change at mid-life, when traits reach peak stability, to a consequential health outcome such as SRH change, demonstrates the value of treating both traits and health indicators as dynamic variables.
人格特质在整个生命周期中会发生变化,除了特质水平外,特质变化可能与健康有关。来自夏威夷人格与健康队列的纵向数据用于研究特质变化与自评健康(SRH)之间的关联。参与者(n = 733,平均年龄 = 44.4岁)大约每隔3年完成两次大五人格特质和SRH的测量。人格特质变化与SRH变化相关。此外,宜人性、尽责性和开放性的增加,以及神经质的减少,预测了SRH的增加,即使在控制了性别和教育因素之后也是如此。将中年时期特质达到峰值稳定性时的相关特质变化与诸如SRH变化这样的重要健康结果联系起来,证明了将特质和健康指标都视为动态变量的价值。