Department of Biostatistics, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.
Department of Biostatistics, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Jalal-Ale-Ahmad Highway, Tehran, 14115-111, Iran.
J Affect Disord. 2020 Jan 15;261:253-258. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2019.10.020. Epub 2019 Oct 12.
It has been suggested that personality traits may be related to the psychological conditions of people. The current study aimed to explore the relationship between personality traits and psychosomatic complaints.
This study was carried out on a sample of Iranian adults living in Isfahan province. The NEO Five- Factor Inventory questionnaire was used to assess personality traits. A 30-item comprehensive questionnaire was used to assess somatoform symptoms and factor analysis was performed to construct psychosomatic complaints profiles. Data was analyzed by Multiple Indicators Multiple Causes (MIMIC) model, using R software.
In total, 4763 participants were recruited 44.2% males and 55.8% females, with a mean age of 36.54 ± 8.04 years. The results of the MIMIC model showed that there is a significant association between the dimensions of personality (neuroticism, extroversion, openness, agreeableness and conscientiousness) and dimensions of psychosomatic complaints profiles (gastrointestinal, neuro-skeletal, pharyngeal-respiratory and psychological) (P < 0.05). In addition, we found that characteristics such as age, sex, marital status, education, physical activity, and body mass index are related to psychosomatic complaints (P < 0.05) and can affect the association between personality traits and psychosomatic complaints.
Given the relationship between personality traits and psychosomatic complaints, it is possible to provide preventive and therapeutic interventions for psychosomatic complaints based on personality traits specific to each individual.
有人认为人格特质可能与人们的心理状况有关。本研究旨在探讨人格特质与躯体症状之间的关系。
本研究对伊朗伊斯法罕省的成年人进行了抽样调查。采用 NEO 五因素人格问卷评估人格特质。采用 30 项综合问卷评估躯体化症状,并进行因子分析构建躯体化抱怨特征。采用 R 软件的多指标多原因(MIMIC)模型进行数据分析。
共纳入 4763 名参与者,其中男性占 44.2%,女性占 55.8%,平均年龄为 36.54±8.04 岁。MIMIC 模型的结果表明,人格特质(神经质、外向性、开放性、宜人性和尽责性)维度与躯体化抱怨特征(胃肠道、神经骨骼、咽呼吸道和心理)维度之间存在显著关联(P<0.05)。此外,我们发现年龄、性别、婚姻状况、教育程度、身体活动和体重指数等特征与躯体化抱怨有关(P<0.05),并且会影响人格特质与躯体化抱怨之间的关联。
鉴于人格特质与躯体化抱怨之间的关系,可以根据每个人特定的人格特质,为躯体化抱怨提供预防和治疗干预措施。