Relationship between Personality Traits and Health Behavior among Working Women in Japan

Introduction: Heart transplantation affects all spheres of the patients’ functioning - their physical well-being and coping with everyday situations, as well as their identity and social functioning. Its long-term effects depend on the effective cooperation with the transplant team. Post-transplant patients are expected to be committed to adherence to recommendations. Patients’ subjective characteristics could increase the risk of difficulties during treatment or might have a protective effect. The major aim of the study was to evaluate the level of engagement in health behavior in heart transplant recipients in relation to their personal resources, such as personality traits, and their health status.Material and Method: The observational ex post facto model was proposed. Participants completed a set of psychological questionnaires. In the study, there were used questionnaires regarding health behavior (HBI), personality traits (NEO-FFI), health locus of control (MHLC), self-efficacy (GSES) and health status (GHQ-28). The group included in the analyses consisted of 107 heart transplant patients. They ranged in age from 19 to 75 years; 10.3% of them were women.Results: According to norms, 71% patients reported high level of engagement in health behavior. There were significant differences in the level of dietary habits and other types of health behaviors. The best predictors of overall health behavior were conscientiousness (β = 0.20, p < 0.05) and health locus of control (Powerful Others) (β = 0.25, p < 0.05). The prophylaxis behavior was related significantly to the level of conscientiousness (p < 0.05) and health locus of control (Internal and Powerful Others) (p < 0.05; p < 0.01). The level of positive mental attitude was related significantly to agreeableness (p < 0.05), health locus of control (Powerful Others) (p < 0.01), and self-efficacy (p < 0.01). Everyday healthy practices were related significantly to openness to experience (p < 0.01) and health locus of control (all categories: Internal, Powerful Others and Chance) (p < 0.05; p < 0.01; p < 0.05, respectively).Conclusion: Majority of heart transplant patients is engaged in high level of health behavior. Among the various forms of health-relevant habits, heart transplant patients adhere significantly less frequently to a healthy diet. Among examined resources, the best predictors of caring about health are generalized self-efficacy and age at the time of HTx.

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Physical Activity Mediates the Association between Personality and Biomarkers of Health

10.31234/osf.io/bqw6x ◽

2017 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Eileen Kranz Graham ◽

Emily Bastarache ◽

Elizabeth Milad ◽

Nick Turiano ◽

Kelly Cotter ◽

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Keyword(s):

Physical Activity ◽

Health Behavior ◽

Personality Traits ◽

Harm Avoidance ◽

Behavior Model ◽

C Reactive Protein ◽

Reactive Protein ◽

High Control ◽

Health Behavior Model ◽

Mediation Models

The current study investigated whether personality traits and facets predicted levels ofInterleukin-6, C-reactive protein, and Fibrinogen and whether physical activity mediated therelationship between personality and these biomarkers of health. High harm avoidance and low neuroticism were associated with elevated IL-6, while high social potency, high control, and low achievement were associated with elevated FGN. Mediation models suggested that physicalactivity mediated the association between higher levels of achievement and lower IL-6. Physical activity is an important factor in the health behavior model, and explains some of the associations between personality and downstream inflammation.

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Impact of Personality of Working Women on Marital Satisfaction

International Journal of Social Science Studies ◽

10.11114/ijsss.v5i6.2421 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 5 (6) ◽

pp. 61

Author(s):

Seema Dey ◽

Jyotirmoy Ghosh

Keyword(s):

Personality Traits ◽

Interpersonal Relationships ◽

Social Life ◽

Behavior Pattern ◽

School Teacher ◽

Working Women ◽

Individual Characteristics ◽

Internal Factors ◽

Significant Difference ◽

The Impact

Personality traits denote inherited or acquired individual characteristics of thought, feeling and actions that include the psycho-physical, emotional, conscious and unconscious behavior pattern of a person. The major problem in marriage is adjustment to a mate. Interpersonal relationships play as important role in marriage like friendships. But after marriage, the interpersonal relationships are difficult to maintain compare to social life. To evaluate the impact of personality traits on marital adjustment this study was carried out among working women in organized sector. A total of 300 employed women from different professions, e.g. education, health and other services were selected from Ranchi, Hazaribag, Ramgarh and Bokaro district of Jharkhand. Marital relationship is shaped by the action and interaction of various external factors like income, education, type of work, household responsibilities, type of family and internal factors viz., background, interest, temperament, values. Results reveal that majority of the respondents had similar interests and values. There was significant difference in temperament between college teacher-clerk and school teacher-clerk. The respondent belonging to higher service and lower service had no significant difference with respect to similarities of interest and value. Additionally there was a significant difference in adaptability between doctor and clerk, officer and clerk, and school teacher and clerk. To achieve marital harmony one has to be rational, tolerant, cooperative and loving. Successful marriage depends mainly on flexibility, independence, sufficient emotional support and positive communication between the partners.

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Personality traits, health behavior, and risk for cancer

Cancer ◽

10.1002/cncr.20871 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 103 (5) ◽

pp. 1082-1091 ◽

Cited By ~ 37

Author(s):

Pernille Envold Hansen ◽

Birgitta Floderus ◽

Kirsten Frederiksen ◽

Christoffer Johansen

Keyword(s):

Health Behavior ◽

Personality Traits

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Personality, inflammation, and health status: Prospective associations from multiple perspectives

10.31234/osf.io/2hgps ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Amanda Jo Wright ◽

Sara J Weston ◽

Sara Norton ◽

Michaela Voss ◽

Ryan Bogdan ◽

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Keyword(s):

Health Behavior ◽

Health Behaviors ◽

Personality Traits ◽

Big Five ◽

Indirect Effect ◽

Structural Equation ◽

Big Five Personality Traits ◽

Inflammatory Biomarkers ◽

Equation Modeling ◽

Big Five Personality

Objective: Personality influences many aspects of the health process, including associations with possible mechanisms such as inflammation and health behaviors. It is currently unclear to what extent, if any, the Big Five personality traits uniquely impact later health through independent pathways of inflammatory biomarkers and health behaviors. Furthermore, it is unknown if this relationship varies for self- and informant-reports of personality. Methods: Using data from older adults (N = 1,630) enrolled in the St. Louis Personality and Aging Network study, we test whether self- and informant-reported personality (Big Five personality traits) show consistent associations with inflammation (i.e., IL-6, CRP, and TNF-α). Further, we tested whether inflammation and health behavior indirectly link personality to health outcomes through independent or shared pathways using longitudinal mediation in a structural equation modeling framework.Results: Self- and informant-reports of personality uniquely predicted future levels of inflammatory biomarkers (self bs range from -0.11 to 0.07; informant bs range from -0.15 to 0.11). Additionally, both reports of personality impacted health through biomarker and health behavior pathways. Effects were primarily found for conscientiousness (indirect effect bs range from 0.01 to 0.04) and neuroticism (indirect effect bs range from -0.01 to -0.02) and IL-6 and CRP were the biomarkers most repeatedly linked with the Big Five personality traits and health. Conclusions: Findings highlight the potential benefits of using of multiple assessments of personality and the importance of examining multiple, distinct pathways by which personality might influence later health in order to more fully understand the mechanisms underlying this relationship.

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Using Personality Traits and Chronotype to Support Personalization and Feedback in a Sleep Health Behavior Change Support System

Proceedings of the 51st Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences ◽

10.24251/hicss.2018.365 ◽

2018 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Holly Nguyen ◽

Carolina Ruiz ◽

Vance Wilson ◽

Diane Strong ◽

Soussan Djamasbi

Keyword(s):

Health Behavior ◽

Behavior Change ◽

Personality Traits ◽

Support System ◽

Health Behavior Change ◽

Sleep Health ◽

Behavior Change Support

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The Dark Triad of Personality in the Context of Health Behaviors: Ally or Enemy?

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph18084113 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 18 (8) ◽

pp. 4113

Author(s):

Małgorzata Dębska ◽

Paweł Dębski ◽

Jacek Polechoński ◽

Michał Rozpara ◽

Rajmund Tomik

Keyword(s):

Health Behavior ◽

University Students ◽

Health Behaviors ◽

Personality Traits ◽

Significant Positive Correlation ◽

Positive Relationship ◽

Dark Triad ◽

Mental Attitude ◽

Self Sufficiency ◽

Psychological Examination

The main aim of this manuscript was to present a preliminary verification of the relations between the Dark Triad of personality traits and health-oriented behaviors in university students. The study involved 143 healthy students (94 female and 49 male) from the Silesian Voivodeship (Poland). The diagnosis of the elements of the Dark Triad of personality was carried out using a psychological examination based on the following tests: TriPM-41, Mach IV, NPI. The intensity of the health behaviors was examined using the Health Behavior Inventory developed by Z. Juczyński. The Health Behavior Inventory is positively correlated with narcissism and its self-sufficiency component and negatively with psychopathic disinhibition. For the Health Behavior Inventory’s subscales, a positive relationship was observed between Positive Mental Attitude and narcissism, most of its components, and psychopathic boldness. The analysis of correlations with the division of the subjects into the Dark Triad traits ≤Me and >Me revealed that a significant positive correlation between the general intensity of the health behaviors and the intensity of narcissism mainly concerns university students with a lower level of this trait and its components. Therefore, it can be presumed that narcissism, although considered as a socially aversive trait, is associated with pro-health behaviors.

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