Discriminant Predictability of the Sense of Coherence and the Big Five Personality Traits Based on Mental Health

The COVID-19 pandemic and the measures taken to contain it have substantial consequences for many people, resulting in negative effects on individual well-being and mental health. In the current study, we examined whether individual changes in perceived stress relative to pre-pandemic levels depended on differences in behavior, appraisal, and experience of pandemic-related constraints. In addition, we tested whether this potential relationship was moderated by personality traits. We conducted an online survey during the end of the first lockdown in Germany in spring 2020, and assessed pandemic-related individual consequences as well as perceived stress. These data were related to the big five personality traits and to ratings of perceived stress obtained from the same participants in a study conducted before the outbreak of the pandemic, using the same standardized stress questionnaires. There was no overall increase, but a large interindividual variety in perceived stress relative to pre-pandemic levels. Increased stress was associated especially with strong feelings of missing. This relationship was moderated by agreeableness, with more agreeable people showing a higher association of the feeling of missing and the increase of perceived stress. In addition, openness and conscientiousness were positively correlated with an increase in stress. The results highlight the importance of considering personality and individual appraisals when examining the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on perceived stress and well-being.

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The big five personality traits, perfectionism and their association with mental health among UK students on professional degree programmes

BMC Psychology ◽

10.1186/s40359-020-00423-3 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Elisa G. Lewis ◽

Jacqueline M. Cardwell

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Personality Traits ◽

Big Five ◽

Big Five Personality Traits ◽

Big Five Personality ◽

Professional Degree

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Differential relationships in the association of the Big Five personality traits with positive mental health and psychopathology

Journal of Research in Personality ◽

10.1016/j.jrp.2012.05.012 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 46 (5) ◽

pp. 517-524 ◽

Cited By ~ 46

Author(s):

Sanne M.A. Lamers ◽

Gerben J. Westerhof ◽

Viktória Kovács ◽

Ernst T. Bohlmeijer

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Personality Traits ◽

Big Five ◽

Big Five Personality Traits ◽

Positive Mental Health ◽

Big Five Personality

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The overlap of sense of coherence and the Big Five personality traits: A confirmatory study

Health Psychology Open ◽

10.1177/2055102918810654 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 5 (2) ◽

pp. 205510291881065 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Takayoshi Kase ◽

Yuki Ueno ◽

Kazuo Oishi

Keyword(s):

Personality Traits ◽

Big Five ◽

Sense Of Coherence ◽

Big Five Personality Traits ◽

Personality Inventory ◽

Big Five Personality ◽

The World ◽

The Relationship

Sense of coherence is the perception of the world as coherent. Its conceptual similarities to the Big Five personality traits have been demonstrated. We therefore investigated the relationship between sense of coherence and the Big Five. In total, 1088 Japanese youths completed the 29-item Sense of Coherence Scale and the Ten-Item Personality Inventory. Neuroticism was negatively correlated and extraversion was positively correlated with comprehensibility ( r = −.47, .35), manageability ( r = −.44, .26), and meaningfulness ( r = −.28, .30). These correlations were strong, and the overlap between the two scales was about 36 percent. While the Big Five are related to sense of coherence, their differences cannot be ignored.

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Intelligence and Personality

Journal of Individual Differences ◽

10.1027/1614-0001/a000311 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 41 (3) ◽

pp. 124-132

Author(s):

Marc-André Bédard ◽

Yann Le Corff

Keyword(s):

Personality Traits ◽

Big Five ◽

Real Life ◽

Big Five Personality Traits ◽

Original Study ◽

Life Assessment ◽

Big Five Personality ◽

Verbal Intelligence ◽

Nonverbal Intelligence ◽

French Canadian

Abstract. This replication and extension of DeYoung, Quilty, Peterson, and Gray’s (2014) study aimed to assess the unique variance of each of the 10 aspects of the Big Five personality traits ( DeYoung, Quilty, & Peterson, 2007 ) associated with intelligence and its dimensions. Personality aspects and intelligence were assessed in a sample of French-Canadian adults from real-life assessment settings ( n = 213). Results showed that the Intellect aspect was independently associated with g, verbal, and nonverbal intelligence while its counterpart Openness was independently related to verbal intelligence only, thus replicating the results of the original study. Independent associations were also found between Withdrawal, Industriousness and Assertiveness aspects and verbal intelligence, as well as between Withdrawal and Politeness aspects and nonverbal intelligence. Possible explanations for these associations are discussed.

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Personality of Clown Doctors

Journal of Individual Differences ◽

10.1027/1614-0001/a000187 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 37 (1) ◽

pp. 49-55 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Alberto Dionigi

Keyword(s):

General Population ◽

Personality Traits ◽

Big Five ◽

Normal Population ◽

Big Five Personality Traits ◽

Published Data ◽

Big Five Personality

Abstract. In recent years, both professional and volunteer clowns have become familiar in health settings. The clown represents a peculiar humorist’s character, strictly associated with the performer’s own personality. In this study, the Big Five personality traits (BFI) of 155 Italian clown doctors (130 volunteers and 25 professionals) were compared to published data for the normal population. This study highlighted specific differences between clown doctors and the general population: Clown doctors showed higher agreeableness, conscientiousness, openness, and extraversion, as well as lower neuroticism compared to other people. Moreover, specific differences emerged comparing volunteers and professionals: Professional clowns showed significantly lower in agreeableness compared to their unpaid colleagues. The results are also discussed with reference to previous studies conducted on groups of humorists. Clowns’ personalities showed some peculiarities that can help to explain the facility for their performances in the health setting and that are different than those of other groups of humorists.

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