Pereira-Morales Angela J, Adan Ana, Lopez-Leon Sandra, Forero Diego A
1Laboratory of Neuropsychiatric Genetics, Biomedical Sciences Research Group, School of Medicine, Universidad Antonio Nariño, Bogotá, 110231 Colombia.
2Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology, School of Psychology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
Ann Gen Psychiatry. 2018 Jun 6;17:25. doi: 10.1186/s12991-018-0196-0. eCollection 2018.
The study of health-related quality of life (HRQOL) is an important topic in mental health around the globe. However, there is the need for more evidence about the cumulative influence of psychological variables on HRQOL. The main aim of the study was to evaluate how specific personality traits might explain scores in HRQOL and to explore how this relationship might be mediated by coping styles and psychological distress.
Young Colombian subjects ( = 274) were included (mean age: 21.3; SD = 3.8). The Short-Form Health Survey was used to measure HRQOL. For assessment of psychological variables, the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, the Zung Self-Rating Anxiety Scale, The Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations and the short version of Big Five Inventory were used.
The personality trait that was the best predictor of HRQOL was openness to experience, forming an explanatory model for HRQOL, along with emotional coping style and depressive and anxious symptoms. Emotional coping style and psychological distress were significant mediators of the relationship between openness and HRQOL.
Our findings provide additional data about the cumulative influence of specific psychological variables on HRQOL, in a mostly young female Latin American sample.
健康相关生活质量（HRQOL）的研究是全球心理健康领域的一个重要课题。然而，关于心理变量对HRQOL的累积影响，仍需要更多证据。本研究的主要目的是评估特定人格特质如何解释HRQOL得分，并探讨这种关系如何通过应对方式和心理困扰来介导。
纳入了年轻的哥伦比亚受试者（n = 274）（平均年龄：21.3岁；标准差 = 3.8）。使用简短健康调查问卷来测量HRQOL。为评估心理变量，使用了医院焦虑抑郁量表、zung自评焦虑量表、应激情境应对量表和大五人格量表简版。
对HRQOL最佳预测的人格特质是开放性，它与情绪应对方式、抑郁和焦虑症状一起构成了HRQOL的一个解释模型。情绪应对方式和心理困扰是开放性与HRQOL之间关系的显著中介变量。
我们的研究结果提供了关于特定心理变量对HRQOL累积影响的更多数据，样本主要是年轻的拉丁美洲女性。
