The Associations Between Parental Socio-Economic Conditions, Childhood Intelligence, Adult Personality Traits, Social Status and Mental Well-Being

Abstract This mixed-methods study focuses on the effect of Study Abroad (SA) on the mental well-being of 33 Anglophone students who spent between four and twelve months in Francophone countries. It investigates the relationship between well-being and personality traits. Statistical analyses revealed no significant change in well-being between the start, the middle and the end of the SA. A closer look at individual patterns showed large fluctuations, with half of participants scoring higher and the other half scoring lower between the start and the middle of the SA. The narratives of three participants whose well-being scores increased most were not very different from the three participants whose well-being scores decreased most, and only (lower) Emotional Stability was linked with the increase in well-being. At the group level, well-being was not significantly linked to personality traits. The apparent stability of well-being during SA seems to be the result of upward and downward patterns cancelling each other out.

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Self-Esteem and Personality Traits as Predictors of Mental Well Being

International Journal of Indian Psychology ◽

10.25215/0303.083 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 3 (3) ◽

Author(s):

Bindu Kumari ◽

Rajnee Sharma

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Personality Traits ◽

Well Being ◽

Self Esteem ◽

Openness To Experience ◽

The Self ◽

Good Mental Health ◽

Mental Well Being

Mental Well-Being is an integral part of good mental health and indicator of the ability of the individuals to cope up with daily stresses and work productively. Many predisposed and acquired factors influence the Mental Well-Being of an individual. The present study investigated the Self- Esteem and Personality traits as the predictors of mental well being. The results indicated that Neuroticism, Extraversion and Openness to experience came out as significant predictors of Mental Well-Being.

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Association between personality traits and mental health outcomes in older adults with lifetime trauma exposure: a nationwide community sample

International Psychogeriatrics ◽

10.1017/s1041610216000077 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 28 (9) ◽

pp. 1533-1543 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Jee Eun Park ◽

Hye Won Suk ◽

Su Jeong Seong ◽

Ji Hoon Sohn ◽

Bong-Jin Hahm ◽

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Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Older Adults ◽

Mental Disorders ◽

Health Outcomes ◽

Personality Traits ◽

Traumatic Events ◽

Well Being ◽

Mental Health Outcomes ◽

Lifetime Trauma ◽

Mental Well Being

ABSTRACTBackground:This study evaluated the impacts of earlier traumatic events on the mental health of older adults, in terms of mental disorders and mental well-being, according to sociodemographic variables, trauma-related characteristics, and personality traits in a nationally representative sample of older Koreans.Methods:A total of 1,621 subjects aged 60 to 74 years from a Korean national epidemiological survey of mental disorders responded face-to-face interviews. The Korean Composite International Diagnostic Interview was used to investigate lifetime trauma exposure (LTE) and psychiatric diagnoses. The EuroQol health classification system and life satisfaction scale were used to assess quality of life (QoL), and the Big Five Inventory-10 (BFI-10) to measure personality traits.Results:Five-hundred and seventy-seven subjects (35.6%) reported a history of LTE (mean age at trauma, 30.8 years old). Current mental disorders were more prevalent in elderly people with LTE, while better current QoL was more frequent in those without LTE. Among older people with LTE, lower extraversion and higher neuroticism increased the risk of current mood or anxiety disorders, whereas higher extraversion increased the probability of experiencing mental well-being after adjusting for sociodemographic and trauma-related variables.Conclusion:Personality traits, especially extraversion, and neuroticism, may be useful for predicting the mental health outcomes of LTE in older adults. Further longitudinal studies investigating the relationship between traumatic events and mental health outcomes are needed.

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The High Five Model: Associations of the high factors with complete mental well-being and academic adjustment in university students

Europe’s Journal of Psychology ◽

10.5964/ejop.v15i4.1759 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 15 (4) ◽

pp. 656-670

Author(s):

Alejandro Castro Solano ◽

Alejandro César Cosentino

Keyword(s):

Academic Performance ◽

University Students ◽

Personality Traits ◽

Factor Model ◽

Academic Adjustment ◽

Well Being ◽

Psychological Variables ◽

Psychopathological Symptoms ◽

Lexical Approach ◽

Mental Well Being

Traditionally, models of positive personality traits have referred to moral characteristics. The High Five Model (HFM) is a factor model of individual positive traits based on an inductive psycho-lexical approach. Unlike other models, in the HFM the positive characteristics were freely determined by lay people, beyond any moral tones. The HFM comprises the following factors: erudition, peace, cheerfulness, honesty, and tenacity, known as “the high factors.” This model was shown to positively exceed the capacity of normal personality to predict emotional, social, and psychological well-being. Additionally, this model is negatively associated with non-transmissible diseases, psychopathological symptoms, and psychopathological personality traits. This study aimed to increase the validation of the HFM, by analyzing the relationships among this model and positive mental health, psychopathological symptoms, academic adjustment, and academic performance in university students. Another objective was to study the association between complete mental well-being (i.e., high well-being and low psychopathological symptomatology) and the high factors of the HFM. The sample consisted of 256 university students. Correlations were calculated, and the two-step cluster analysis was used to obtain profiles. The results showed that tenacity and erudition high factors are positively associated with academic achievement and academic adjustment. Finally, each of the high factors was positively associated with complete mental well-being. The HFM has a broad scope, as it is related not only to psychological variables (e.g., well-being or psychopathological symptomatology) but also to academic performance (e.g., adjustment and achievement) in university students.

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ASSESSMENT OF THE MANIFESTATION OF EMOTIONAL STATES IN ATHLETES

“Educational bulletin “Consciousness” ◽

10.26787/nydha-2686-6846-2021-23-4-32-36 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 23 (4) ◽

pp. 32-36

Author(s):

Naboychenko E.S. ◽

Noskova M.V.

Keyword(s):

Medical Center ◽

Well Being ◽

Good Health ◽

Economic Conditions ◽

Emotional States ◽

Training Process ◽

Full Inclusion ◽

High Level ◽

Mental Well Being ◽

Sports Activities

One of the urgent problems in modern sports is the study of emotional states in athletes. This is due to the changing socio-economic conditions that affected sports activities. An increase in loads, high competition lead to a high level of stress and an increase in emotional stress. Emotions show the state of the athlete and his attitude to a particular sports situation. The article reveals the theoretical and practical aspects of the problem of emotional states of athletes. Emotional states are a set of psychophysiological phenomena, where, in addition to motor reactions, various changes appear in the course of processes and are associated with different manifestations of emotions. They are distinguished by individuality, polarity, variability, integrity. Criteria for emotional states are presented. The purpose of the research is to reveal the severity of manifestations of emotional states of athletes in the conditions of the training process. The study sample consisted of 1545 athletes aged 14-18 years, of which the share of boys was 68.5%, girls - 31.5%. It was carried out on the basis of GAUZ SO "Multidisciplinary Clinical Medical Center" Bonum ". Within the framework of the study, attention was paid to such indicators as: well-being, activity, mood, neuropsychic stability, interest, emotional tone, comfort. The conducted research allows us to make a conclusion. In general, athletes are dominated by mental well-being, positive emotional states, a desire to practice playing skills with enthusiasm and attention, with the manifestation of a cognitive need, good health, mood, sustained interest and concentration in the implementation of a sports game, full inclusion in the training process.

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Income and Mental Well-Being: Personality Traits as Moderators

Journal of Happiness Studies ◽

10.1007/s10902-019-00076-z ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 21 (2) ◽

pp. 547-571 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Susanne M. Syrén ◽

Katja Kokko ◽

Lea Pulkkinen ◽

Jaakko Pehkonen

Keyword(s):

Personality Traits ◽

Well Being ◽

Mental Well Being

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Perceived Overprotection and Its Association With Quality of Life in Dementia

GeroPsych ◽

10.1024/1662-9647/a000207 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 32 (3) ◽

pp. 125-134

Author(s):

Mechthild Niemann-Mirmehdi ◽

Andreas Häusler ◽

Paul Gellert ◽

Johanna Nordheim

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Patient Autonomy ◽

Positive Association ◽

Well Being ◽

Negative Association ◽

Significant Positive Association ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

People With Dementia ◽

Mental Well Being

Abstract. To date, few studies have focused on perceived overprotection from the perspective of people with dementia (PwD). In the present examination, the association of perceived overprotection in PwD is examined as an autonomy-restricting factor and thus negative for their mental well-being. Cross-sectional data from the prospective DYADEM study of 82 patient/partner dyads (mean age = 74.26) were used to investigate the association between overprotection, perceived stress, depression, and quality of life (QoL). The analyses show that an overprotective contact style with PwD has a significant positive association with stress and depression, and has a negative association with QoL. The results emphasize the importance of avoiding an overprotective care style and supporting patient autonomy.

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Personality's Correlates of Adult Development and Aging

European Psychologist ◽

10.1027//1016-9040.8.3.131 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 8 (3) ◽

pp. 131-147 ◽

Cited By ~ 43

Author(s):

Gian Vittorio Caprara ◽

Mariagiovanna Caprara ◽

Patrizia Steca

Keyword(s):

Personality Traits ◽

Adult Development ◽

Self Efficacy ◽

Age Groups ◽

Well Being ◽

Efficacy Beliefs ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Education And Health ◽

Development And Aging ◽

And Gender

Three cross-sectional studies examined stability and change in personality over the course of life by measuring the relations linking age to personality traits, self-efficacy beliefs, values, and well-being in large samples of Italian male and female participants. In each study, relations between personality and age were examined across several age groups ranging from young adulthood to old age. In each study, personality constructs were first examined in terms of mean group differences accrued by age and gender and then in terms of their correlations with age across gender and age groups. Furthermore, personality-age correlations were also calculated, controlling for the demographic effects accrued by marital status, education, and health. Findings strongly indicated that personality functioning does not necessarily decline in the later years of life, and that decline is more pronounced in males than it is in females across several personality dimensions ranging from personality traits, such as emotional stability, to self-efficacy beliefs, such as efficacy in dealing with negative affect. Findings are discussed in terms of their implications for personality theory and social policy.

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