Big Five Personality Factors as Predictors of Self-Rated General Physical Health

Q2 Social Sciences

Illness Crisis and Loss Pub Date : 2022-03-10 DOI:10.1177/10541373221085100

A. Abdel-Khalek, D. Lester, M. Dadfar

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Abstract

Previous research has shown significant associations between self-rated health and personality. However, these results are inconsistent. This study explored whether the Big Five (BF) personality factors would predict self-rated general physical health. A volunteer convenience sample (601 men; 720 women) of undergraduates at Alexandria University responded to a single item of Self-Rated Physical Health (SRPH) and the Arabic Big Five Personality Inventory (ABFPI). Men obtained significantly higher mean scores than did women for SRPH, Extraversion, Openness, and Conscientiousness; whereas women had a significantly higher mean score than did men for Neuroticism. SRPH was significantly correlated with all the BF scores except for Agreeableness in women. A principal components analysis extracted two components and labeled “Adjustment” and “Healthy extraversion versus neuroticism”. Predictors of SRPH were Openness and low Neuroticism and for men Conscientiousness and low Neuroticism for women. The present results replicate some previous findings and support the role of personality for predicting subjective physical health.

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大五人格因素作为自评一般身体健康的预测因子

先前的研究表明，自我评估的健康状况与性格之间存在显著关联。然而，这些结果并不一致。本研究探讨大五人格因素是否能预测自评一般身体健康。志愿者方便样本(601名男性;亚历山大大学的720名女大学生对一项自我评定身体健康(SRPH)和阿拉伯语大五人格量表(ABFPI)进行了回答。男性在SRPH、外向性、开放性和尽责性方面的平均得分显著高于女性;而女性在神经质这一项的平均得分明显高于男性。SRPH与除宜人性外的所有BF得分均显著相关。主成分分析提取两个成分，分别标记为“适应”和“健康外向与神经质”。SRPH的预测因子为开放性和低神经质，男性的预测因子为尽责性和低神经质。本研究结果重复了一些先前的研究结果，并支持人格在预测主观身体健康方面的作用。

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Illness Crisis and Loss Social Sciences-Sociology and Political Science

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