Department of Psychology, University of Houston, Houston.
Department of Psychology, Missouri State University, Springfield.
J Pers Assess. 2024 Jan-Feb;106(1):116-126. doi: 10.1080/00223891.2023.2197064. Epub 2023 Apr 10.
We examined the incremental validity of character in predicting health outcomes and well-being beyond personality traits and investigated the extent to which health-related behaviors mediate the relationship between character and well-being. Findings indicate that several character cores (e.g., transcendence, fortitude) predict well-being, health behaviors, and health outcomes beyond different measures of personality traits, indicating that character is discriminable from personality as indicated by incremental prediction. In particular, fortitude, temperance, transcendence, and sincerity appear to be key players. Implications for character research are discussed.
我们研究了人格特质之外，性格特质对健康结果和幸福感的增量有效性，并探讨了健康相关行为在性格与幸福感之间关系中的中介作用。研究结果表明，几种性格核心要素（如超越、坚韧）可以预测幸福感、健康行为和健康结果，超出了人格特质的不同衡量标准，这表明性格在增量预测方面与人格特质是可区分的。特别是坚韧、节制、超越和真诚似乎是关键要素。讨论了性格研究的意义。
