Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
J Pers. 2023 Apr;91(2):426-440. doi: 10.1111/jopy.12737. Epub 2022 Jun 22.
This study investigated whether the Big Five personality dimensions were associated with mental health trajectories and/or intervention effects of a digital divorce intervention from juridical divorce to 12 months following juridical divorce. The study utilized a randomized controlled trial study design (N = 676) and measured mental health outcomes (anxiety, depression, somatization, and stress) at study inclusion (i.e., at juridical divorce) and 3-, 6-, and 12 months after juridical divorce. Big Five personality dimensions were measured 1 month post study inclusion.
The study found that neuroticism is the personality dimension most predictive of post-divorce mental health outcomes. Specifically, divorcees with higher neuroticism scores indicated worse mental health immediately following divorce, but their symptom levels decreased more rapidly over a 12 months period after juridical divorce compared with lower neuroticism divorcees. It is also notable that their mean scores for the mental health outcomes remained higher at all time points (3, 6, and 12 months post baseline), relative to those lower in neuroticism.
Findings are discussed in light of divorce-adjustment-theory and the stress-buffering model.
本研究旨在探讨大五人格维度是否与心理健康轨迹和/或数字离婚干预的干预效果有关，从法律上的离婚到法律上的离婚后 12 个月。该研究采用随机对照试验设计（N=676），并在研究纳入时（即法律上的离婚时）以及法律上的离婚后 3、6 和 12 个月测量心理健康结果（焦虑、抑郁、躯体化和压力）。大五人格维度在研究纳入后 1 个月测量。
研究发现，神经质是预测离婚后心理健康结果的人格维度。具体来说，神经质得分较高的离婚者在离婚后立即表现出更差的心理健康状况，但与神经质得分较低的离婚者相比，他们的症状水平在法律上的离婚后 12 个月内下降得更快。值得注意的是，他们在所有时间点（基线后 3、6 和 12 个月）的心理健康结果的平均得分仍然更高，相对而言，神经质得分较低的人的得分较低。
根据离婚调整理论和压力缓冲模型讨论了研究结果。
