Personality, Preventive Health Behaviour and Comparative Optimism about Health Problems
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4908642 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David K Ingledew, Stuart Brunning (Bangor University) |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 193-208 |
| Publication date | 1999-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Health Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1359-1053 • E-ISSN: 1461-7277 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/135910539900400213 |
| PMID | 22021479 |
| OpenAlex | W2001002912 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 46 |
The aim was to test a model whereby personality influences preventive health behaviour which in turn influences comparative optimism about possible future health problems. Students ( N 5 150) completed measures of personality (five-factor), preventive health behaviour and comparative optimism. The model was tested using structural equation modelling with observed variables. In the final model, agreeableness and conscientiousness had positive main effects and an interactive effect upon preventive health behaviour. Preventive health behaviour had a positive effect upon comparative optimism. In addition, extraversion had a direct positive effect (not mediated by preventive health behaviour) upon comparative optimism. It is speculated that agreeableness and conscientiousness combine to produce a general regard for social convention that is conducive to healthier behaviour. The effect of extraversion is explicable in terms of positive affectivity
Agreeableness · Big Five personality traits · Conscientiousness · Developmental psychology · Extraversion and introversion · Hierarchical structure of the Big Five · Optimism · Personality · Optimism, Hope, and Well-being · Personality Traits and Psychology · Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction · Psychology · Clinical Psychology · Social Psychology
Long‐Term Relations of Personality and Health
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You before me
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The Health Behavior Checklist
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Unrealistic Optimism
Four ways five factors are not basic
Dimensions of personality
Adding Liebe und Arbeit
Health complaints, stress, and distress
Comparison of EPI and psychoticism scales with measures of the five-factor model of personality
Unrealistic optimism about susceptibility to health problems
A revised version of the psychoticism scale
Four ways five factors are basic
Hostility and health
The Theory of the Estimation of Test Reliability
Structural Equations with Latent Variables
Correct and incorrect interpretations of correlations between risk perceptions and risk behaviors
Social desirability scales
The Five‐Factor Model, Conscientiousness, and Driving Accident Involvement
Associations between Major Domains of Personality and Health Behavior
Adaptational Style and Dispositional Structure
The Interactional Context of Problem‐, Emotion‐, and Relationship‐Focused Coping
Coefficient alpha and the internal structure of tests
A Reassessment of the Additive Scoring of Health Practices
Childhood conscientiousness and longevity
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Primary traits of Eysenck's P-E-N system
Relation between perceived vulnerability to HIV and precautionary sexual behavior
Conventional wisdom on measurement
Health-Protective Behavior
| Unique citing works | 10 |
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| Citations per year | 0,38 |
| Citation span | 2000 - 2024 (25) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |