Relationship Between Personality Traits and Mental Health in Athletes Students

2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (S1) ◽  
pp. S257-S257
Author(s):  
S.J. Mosavi Amiri ◽  
M. Abbasalipour ◽  
S.K. Mousavi Amiri ◽  
R. Ghaemi Amiri ◽  
M. Sheikholeslami Amiri ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Social Withdrawal ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
General Health Questionnaire ◽  
Somatic Symptoms ◽  
Four Dimensions ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Pearson Correlation Test ◽  
Competing Interest

AimThe purpose of this study was to investigate relationship between personality traits and mental health in athlete students. This study was a descriptive and correlation design.MethodSixty athletes students were randomly selected and responded to NEO-PIR inventory and General Health Questionnaire (GHQ 28). NEO assesses five personality traits: Neuroticism (N), Extroversion (E), Agreeableness (A), Openness to new experience (O) and Conscientiousness (C), and GHQ assesses four dimensions: Somatic symptoms (A), Anxiety (B), Social withdrawal (C) and Depression (D). NEO assesses five personality traits: Neuroticism, Extroversion, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, Openness to experience. The data were analyzed with Pearson correlation test.ResultsThe findings showed that there was positive significant correlation between neuroticism with somatic symptoms and depression, and negative significant correlation between extroversion, agreeableness, openness to new experience and conscientiousness with depression.ConclusionBased on findings, it is concluded that physical exercises and sport plans have positive effects on mood and affect of students, and decrease physical and mental diseases in athletes students.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

PERSONALITY CORRELATES OF HEALTH OUTCOMES IN SUDANESE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

2004 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 321-328 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdalla A.R.M. Hamid
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
General Health Questionnaire ◽  
Somatic Symptoms ◽  
Positive Association ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Eysenck Personality Questionnaire ◽  
Age Difference ◽  
Psychological Disturbances ◽  
Strong Positive Relationship

Individual differences play a salient and vital role in the person's responses to different stressors. Hence, various individuals are expected to differ in health outcome resulting from encountering stressful situations. This study aimed at identifying personality traits in Sudanese university students and investigating the nature of the relationship between these traits and psychological disturbances measured by the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-28-item version, Goldberg & Williams, 1988). The Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ-R, 48 items, Eysenck, Eysenck,& Barrett, 1985) was used to assess personality traits. One hundred psychology students (mean age 23.7) participated in the study. The majority (80%) of the students were females. The results revealed a strong positive relationship between neuroticism (N) on one hand and somatic symptoms, anxiety and depression on the other hand. Extraversion (E) was negatively related to anxiety, depression, somatic symptoms and social dysfunction. No significant sex or age difference was found in psychological disturbances measured by the GHQ or in personality traits – apart from a positive association between E and age. Unlike studies carried out in other countries which showed females to be more anxious and more neurotic, the present study did not find sex differences in anxiety and neuroticism. When a cutoff point of 4 was used, 20% of the students were classified as psychiatric cases. This may indicate the widespread prevalence of psychological disorders amongst Sudanese university students.

Somatic Symptoms As Measured By Ssi-26 (somatic Symptom Inventory) Correlate With Social And Physical Functioning (sf36) In Depressed Patients. The Relative Contribution Of Anhedonia

2016 ◽  
Vol 33 (S1) ◽  
pp. S420-S421
Author(s):  
A.L. Pérez Morenilla ◽  
A. Salazar ◽  
I. Failde ◽  
J.A. Mico
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Functioning ◽  
Physical Functioning ◽  
Somatic Symptom ◽  
Bodily Pain ◽  
Somatic Symptoms ◽  
Somatization Disorder ◽  
Depressed Patients ◽  
Relative Contribution ◽  
Competing Interest

According to the DSM5, Somatic Symptom Disorder (SSD) is characterized by somatic symptoms that are either very distressing or result in significant disruption of functioning. These criteria are significantly different compared with previous editions of DSM. For example, the DSM-IV diagnosis of somatization disorder required a specific number of complaints from among four symptom groups, however the SSD criteria no longer have such a requirement. Nevertheless somatic symptoms must be significantly distressing or disruptive to daily life. Very few studies have focussed on the influence of suffering anhedonia on the perception of somatic symptoms and how this impact on Health Related Quality of Life (HRQoL), particularly physical functioning. We studied the relative impact of somatic symptoms on the social and physical functioning in depressed patients. Moreover we have explored the influence of anhedonia as measured by the Snaith-Hamilton Anhedonia Pleasure Scale (SHAPS). We analysed the correlations between the scores of the 8 dimensions of the SF-36, the SSI-26 and the SHAPS questionnaires. The results show a significant correlation between SSI-26 score and physical functioning (r = –0.565; P < 0.001), role physical (r = –0.551; P < 0.001), bodily pain (r = –0.659; P < 0.001), general health (r = –0.534; P < 0.001), vitality (r = –0.481; P = 0.001), social functioning (r = –0.302; P = 0.044) and mental health (r = –0.461; P = 0.001). Additionally, SHAPS score correlates with vitality (r = –0.371; P = 0.012), social functioning (r = –0.574; P < 0.001) and mental health (r = –0.445; P = 0.002). The results demonstrated that both somatic symptoms and level of anhedonia negatively correlate with HRQoL, suggesting a potential relationship between level of anhedonia and some somatic symptoms. This could impact on the diagnosis and treatment of depressed patients with somatic symptoms and anhedonia.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

Convergent Validity of the Arabic Scale of Mental Health

2012 ◽  
Vol 110 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmed M. Abdel-Khalek
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
College Students ◽  
Convergent Validity ◽  
General Health Questionnaire ◽  
Somatic Symptoms ◽  
Symptom Checklist ◽  
Health Questionnaire ◽  
Kuwait University ◽  
Correlation Matrices ◽  
Neuroticism Scale

To estimate the convergent validity of the Arabic Scale of Mental Health, three convenience separate samples ( ns = 162, 168, 138) of volunteer Kuwaiti college students, ages 19 to 32 years, responded anonymously to several scales measuring psychopathology Analyses showed total ratings for the scale correlated negatively with those of the Kuwait University Anxiety Scale, Factorial Arabic Neuroticism Scale, Somatic Symptoms Inventory, Arabic Scale of Insomnia, the nine subscales of the Symptom Checklist-90—R, the Beck Depression Inventory, and the seven subscales of the General Health Questionnaire. Three separate correlation matrices were subjected to principal components analyses for which a single bipolar factor, Mental health versus psychopathology, was retained in all three matrices. Loadings for the Arabic Scale of Mental Health were −.76, −.64, and −.76. It was concluded that this scale has suitable convergent validity.

Mental health in the oil industry: a comparative study of onshore and offshore employees

1992 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 997-1009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katharine R. Parkes
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
General Health Questionnaire ◽  
Somatic Symptoms ◽  
Oil Industry ◽  
Published Data ◽  
Regression Analyses ◽  
Job Level ◽  
Similar Work

SynopsisFew empirical studies have examined the mental health of workers on North Sea oil and gas installations, and it is unclear from the available literature whether offshore employees show impaired mental health relative to their onshore counterparts. The present study was intended to clarify this issue by direct comparison of the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ) scores of onshore and offshore personnel engaged in similar work. As compared with published data, only the onshore group showed low GHQ-12 scores, although both groups were low in neuroticism. Analysis of GHQ subscale scores demonstrated that anxiety was significantly higher among offshore workers than among those working onshore, but there were no significant differences in somatic symptoms or social dysfunction. Regression analyses showed that this result was not affected by control for age, job level, and neuroticism, although there was a significant interaction between job level and neuroticism in predicting anxiety. The nature of the offshore environment, and the factors which may play a causal role in elevated anxiety among offshore workers, are discussed.

scholarly journals Association Between Perceived Social Support and Mental Health Status Among Older Adults

2021 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 147-154
Author(s):  
Shima Nazari ◽  
◽  
Pouya Farokhnezhad Afshar ◽  
Leila Sadegh Moghdada ◽  
Alireza Namazi Shabestari ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Support ◽  
Older Adults ◽  
Health Status ◽  
Perceived Social Support ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
General Health Questionnaire ◽  
Demographic Variables ◽  
Mental Health Status ◽  
Community Dwelling

Introduction: The elderly need social support to reduce their physical and mental disabilities. Perceived social support is one of the effective factors in the lifestyle of older adults. Objective: This study aimed to determine the association between perceived social support and mental health status among older adults. Materials and Methods: This research is a cross-sectional analytical study. The study data were collected using a perceived social support (PSS) scale and general health questionnaire-12 (GHQ-12). A total of 302 eligible older adults were selected through a random sampling method from primary health centers in the north, south, east, west, and center of Tehran. The inclusion criteria were those community-dwelling older adults aged ≥60 years and with normal cognitive abilities. The collected data were analyzed using t test, ANOVA, the Pearson correlation, and multiple linear regressions. Results: The mean ±SD age of older adults was 70.01 ±6.29 years. Their mean ±SD scores of the PSS and GHQ-12 were 130.95 ±16.05 and 7.29 ±5.55, respectively. The results showed no significant relationship between demographic variables and PSS. There was a significant inverse correlation between the PSS score and the GHQ-12 score (P= 0.01, r= -0.878). The PSS explained 0.66 of the total variances of “positively phrased items” of GHQ-12 (adjusted R2= 0.66) and 0.76 of the total variances of “negatively phrased items” of GHQ-12 (adjusted R2= 0.76). Conclusion: Our findings showed that the PSS and mental health are at a desirable level in this study, and the PSS is not affected by demographic variables. The PSS is a promoting factor for mental health status among older adults.

scholarly journals Does Social Media Addiction Differ by Personality Traits? A Study on Undergraduate Tourism Students

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (22) ◽  
pp. 23-41
Author(s):  
Omer Akgun Tekin ◽  
Alparslan Abdullah Turhan
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Personal Development ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Quantitative Research Methods ◽  
Social Media Addiction ◽  
Tourism Studies ◽  
Pearson Correlation Test

The potential relationship between social media addiction and personality traits is an essential topic in tourism studies, though it is rarely examined. Thus, this study aims to examine whether undergraduate tourism students are addicted to social media and, if so, the possible relationship between this addiction and their personality traits. The research used the descriptive method, one of the quantitative research methods. The questionnaire technique and the convenience sampling method were preferred to amass the data. Data were collected from 454 undergraduate tourism students and analyzed with the Pearson correlation test by using SPSS 25. This research has revealed that the students' dominant personality trait is agreeableness with a low-level social media addiction. The research has also found a positive relationship between neuroticism personality traits and social media addiction and a negative relationship between personality traits of extraversion, agreeableness, and conscientiousness, and social media addiction. The research has revealed that tourism students are dependent on social media. Social media addiction is a type of addiction that harms individuals' personal development and business life. Accordingly, theoretical and practical studies should be carried out to combat this addiction. To this end, it is crucial to develop more sophisticated combating methods according to an individual's personality traits and carry out awareness and training studies in the practical field. The literature has scarcely examined the relationship between undergraduate tourism students' personality traits and social media addiction. Therefore, this study is believed to contribute to filling an important gap in the literature.

scholarly journals Prediction of Mental Health by Religious Orientation and the Mediating Role of Death Anxiety Among Nurses in the Covid-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Akram Farhadi ◽  
Hamed Javadian ◽  
Pouya Farokhnezhad Afshar
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Death Anxiety ◽  
Religious Orientation ◽  
Census Data ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
General Health Questionnaire ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Mediating Role

Abstract Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has been around for more than a year as a global problem, with nurses being among the first groups involved in treating epidemics. In addition to becoming infected and dying from the disease, nurses also suffer from death anxiety, affecting their mental health. It is necessary to investigate the modulating factors of this anxiety. The purpose of this study was to predict mental health by religious orientation and the mediating role of death anxiety among nurses in the COVID-19 pandemic.Methods: The present descriptive-analytical and cross-sectional study was conducted on 208 nurses working in the Central Hospital for the Treatment of COVID-19 patients in the Persian Gulf Martyrs Hospital in Bushehr, who were enrolled in the census. Data collection tools were the General Health Questionnaire-28 (GHQ-28), the Templer’s Death Anxiety Scale (DAS), and the Revised Religious Orientation Scale (ROS). Data were analyzed by SPSS version 22 software using the Pearson correlation test and multiple regression analysis.Results: Among the subjects, 53.5% of nurses experienced high death anxiety. According to the findings, death anxiety had a significant negative effect on mental health (P<0.001, β=-0.54). Intrinsic religious orientation led to a reduction in death anxiety (P=0.01, β=-0.16) and improved mental health (P<0.001, β=0.40), while extrinsic socially-oriented religiousness resulted in increased death anxiety (P<0.001, β=0.19) and decreased mental health (P<0.001, β=-0.20).Conclusion: The prevalence of death anxiety in the COVID-19 pandemic was high in nurses, which led to a decrease in their mental health. The results of this study revealed that the intrinsic religious orientation had a positive effect on reducing death anxiety and promoting mental health.

Relationship between personality traits with language anxiety among bilinguals

2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (S1) ◽  
pp. S406-S406
Author(s):  
S. Bialayesh ◽  
A. Homayouni ◽  
M. Nasiri Kenari ◽  
Z. Shafian
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Language Anxiety ◽  
Foreign Language Anxiety ◽  
Cluster Sampling ◽  
Process Effects ◽  
Competing Interest

Language anxiety is a distinct complex of self-perception, beliefs, feelings, and behaviors related to classroom language learning arising from the uniqueness of the language learning process. Effects of foreign language anxiety are particularly evident in the foreign language classroom, and this anxiety is a strong indicator of academic performance. So, the study aimed to investigate relationships between personality traits with language anxiety among bilinguals. The research method was correlation. The population was included all upper intermediate language learners and higher levels in language institutes, that 250 learners were selected by cluster sampling method, and responded to McCare & Costa's NEO personality traits (neuroticism, openness to new experience, extroversion, agreeableness, and conscientiousness) and Horwitz's language anxiety inventory. The data were analysed by Pearson correlation formula. The results showed that there is positive and significant relationship between neuroticism and openness to new experience with language anxiety, and positive and significant relationship between extroversion, agreeableness, and conscientiousness with language anxiety. Thus, it can be concluded that personality traits have important impact on language anxiety.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

scholarly journals THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GENERAL HEALTH, OCCUPATIONAL STRESS AND JOB BURNOUT IN NURSES WORKING SHOHADAYE KARGAR HOSPITAL OF YAZD

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 173-179
Author(s):  
Khabazzadeh Fatemeh ◽  
Nimetcan Mehmet ◽  
Alabed Ali A. Alabed
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Occupational Stress ◽  
General Health ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
General Health Questionnaire ◽  
Maslach Burnout Inventory ◽  
Job Burnout ◽  
General Function ◽  
Cross Sectional

Aim of this study is to determine levels of general health, occupational stress and burnout in nurses who are working in Shohadaye Kargar Hospital of Yazd. A cross- sectional study was conducted among nurses who are working in Shohadaye Kargar Hospital of Yazd in 2017-2018 years. The sample was randomly selected and total 200 nurses were enrolled to the study. The study instruments included Occupational stress questionnaire, Maslach Burnout Inventory and General Health Questionnaire. Collected Data were analyzed by using descriptive test and Pearson correlation coefficient and multivariate regression in SPSS. The findings of research indicated that total levels of occupational stress were high among 58.85 % of nurses. Regarding burnout, 35.93% of nurses had reported high levels of burnout. Less than one percent (0.37 %) of nurses have high mental health problems and 0.44 percent reported mid mental health problem. There was a statistically significant correlation between occupational stress with mental health (p<.001) and job burnout with mental health (p<.001). Occupational stress and job burnout may have undesired influences on nursing mental health and general function.

scholarly journals Assessment the relation between lifestyle with mental health and educational achievement in nursing students

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 722-728
Author(s):  
Mohammad Heidari ◽  
Marzieh Borjian Borujeni ◽  
Mansureh Ghodusi Borujeni ◽  
Mansureh Ghodusi Borujeni ◽  
Parvin Rezaei
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Educational Achievement ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
General Health Questionnaire ◽  
Medical Science ◽  
Data Gathering ◽  
Academic Failure ◽  
Educational Status ◽  
Nursing College

Objective: This study was aimed to assess the correlation between lifestyle with mental health and educational achievement ofnursing students. Materials and Methods: This is a descriptivecorrelational study that all students in nursing college in 2015 were selected by the census sampling method. Data gathering tool were standard Walker’s lifestyle questionnaire and General Health Questionnaire-28 and data were analyzed by SPSS/21. Results: The results reported that most subjects (61.01%) displayed moderate levels of lifestyle. In considering domains mental health37.28%, were depression and 34.74% anxiety. Based on the Pearson correlation coefficient test, there was a diverse correlation between lifestyle (p=0.004, r=-0.34) and educational achievement (p=0.001, r=-0.24) with mental health but there was a direct linear correlation between lifestyle and educational achievement. Conclusion: Regarding the role of lifestyle and mental health and to ensure the efficiency and dynamism of the people in the education and prevention of academic failure recommended that be scheduled byimprove methods of lifestyle to promote educational status and activate counseling centers andguidance on psychological issues the mental health. Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science Vol.18(4) 2019 p.722-728

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