Some Cautions for Research on Personality and Health

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ID19280844
AuthorsDavid S Krantz (0000-0002-1671-1355, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, corresponding author), Susan M Hedges (Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences)
Year1987
Volume55
Issue2
Pages351-357
Publication date1987-06-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Personality (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-3506 • E-ISSN: 1467-6494
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1467-6494.1987.tb00441.x
PMID3612474
OpenAlexW2037248991
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited12

This article comments on three conceptualizations of the relationship between personality and disease as they relate to the papers in this issue Despite the sophistication and promise of recent research in this area, conceptual and methodological difficulties present in earlier psychosomatic research have persisted In this area, robust and convincing associations between traits and disease remain largely elusive, and stable, valid measures of psychological factors are relatively rare In addition, the mechanisms relating behavior to health are sometimes sketchy or overstated We suggest that the most productive research strategies will focus on mechanisms linking behavior to health, rather than merely correlating traits with measures of disease Needed are continued close attention to these pitfalls by researchers as well as the maintenance of a critical attitude by readers

Big Five personality traits · Cognitive psychology · Developmental psychology · Disease · Personality · Social science · Sociology · Sophistication · Medicine · Personality Disorders and Psychopathology · Personality Traits and Psychology · Psychology · Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments · Social Psychology

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