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dc.contributor.authorHengartner, Michael Pascal-
dc.contributor.authorKawohl, Wolfram-
dc.contributor.authorHaker, Helene-
dc.contributor.authorRössler, Wulf-
dc.contributor.authorAjdacic-Gross, Vladeta-
dc.date.accessioned2018-01-30T12:53:07Z-
dc.date.available2018-01-30T12:53:07Z-
dc.date.issued2016-
dc.identifier.issn0022-3999de_CH
dc.identifier.issn1879-1360de_CH
dc.identifier.urihttps://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/2267-
dc.description.abstractBackground: Some evidence documents the importance of personality assessments for health research and practise. However, no study has opted to test whether a short self-report personality inventory may comprehensively inform health policy. Methods: Data were taken from a population-based epidemiologic survey in Zurich, Switzerland, conducted from 2010-2012. A short form of the Big Five Inventory was completed by n = 1155 participants (54.4% women; mean age = 29.6 years), while health-related outcomes were taken from a comprehensive semi-structured clinical interview. A convenience subsample averaging n = 171 participants additionally provided laboratory measures and n = 133 were subsequently followed-up at least once over a maximal period of 6 months. Results: Personality traits, in particular high neuroticism and low conscientiousness, related significantly to poor environmental resources such as low social support (R2 = 0.071), health-impairing behaviours such as cannabis use (R2 = 0.071), and psychopathology, including negative affect (R2 = 0.269) and various mental disorders (R2 = 0.060-0.195). The proportion of total variance explained was R2 = 0.339 in persons with three or more mental disorders. Personality significantly related to some laboratory measures including total cholesterol (R2 = 0.095) and C-Reactive Protein (R2 = 0.062). Finally, personality prospectively predicted global psychopathological distress and vegetative symptoms over a 6-month observation period. Conclusions: Personality relates consistently to poor socio-environmental resources, health-impairing behaviours and psychopathology. We also found some evidence for an association with metabolic and immune functions that are assumed to influence health. A short personality inventory could provide valuable information for preventive medicine when used as a means to screen entire populations for distinct risk exposure, in particular with respect to psychopathology.de_CH
dc.language.isoende_CH
dc.publisherElsevierde_CH
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Psychosomatic Researchde_CH
dc.rightsLicence according to publishing contractde_CH
dc.subjectPersonalityde_CH
dc.subjectBig fivede_CH
dc.subjectPsychopathologyde_CH
dc.subjectEpidemiologyde_CH
dc.subjectPublic healthde_CH
dc.subjectPreventive medicinede_CH
dc.subject.ddc155: Differentielle Psychologie und Entwicklungspsychologiede_CH
dc.subject.ddc610: Medizin und Gesundheitde_CH
dc.titleBig five personality traits may inform public health policy and preventive medicine : evidence from a cross-sectional and a prospective longitudinal epidemiologic study in a Swiss communityde_CH
dc.typeBeitrag in wissenschaftlicher Zeitschriftde_CH
dcterms.typeTextde_CH
zhaw.departementAngewandte Psychologiede_CH
zhaw.organisationalunitPsychologisches Institut (PI)de_CH
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.jpsychores.2016.03.012de_CH
zhaw.funding.euNode_CH
zhaw.originated.zhawYesde_CH
zhaw.pages.end51de_CH
zhaw.pages.start44de_CH
zhaw.publication.statuspublishedVersionde_CH
zhaw.volume84de_CH
zhaw.publication.reviewPeer review (Publikation)de_CH
zhaw.webfeedKlinische Psychologiede_CH
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Hengartner, M. P., Kawohl, W., Haker, H., Rössler, W., & Ajdacic-Gross, V. (2016). Big five personality traits may inform public health policy and preventive medicine : evidence from a cross-sectional and a prospective longitudinal epidemiologic study in a Swiss community. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 84, 44–51. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychores.2016.03.012
Hengartner, M.P. et al. (2016) ‘Big five personality traits may inform public health policy and preventive medicine : evidence from a cross-sectional and a prospective longitudinal epidemiologic study in a Swiss community’, Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 84, pp. 44–51. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychores.2016.03.012.
M. P. Hengartner, W. Kawohl, H. Haker, W. Rössler, and V. Ajdacic-Gross, “Big five personality traits may inform public health policy and preventive medicine : evidence from a cross-sectional and a prospective longitudinal epidemiologic study in a Swiss community,” Journal of Psychosomatic Research, vol. 84, pp. 44–51, 2016, doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2016.03.012.
HENGARTNER, Michael Pascal, Wolfram KAWOHL, Helene HAKER, Wulf RÖSSLER und Vladeta AJDACIC-GROSS, 2016. Big five personality traits may inform public health policy and preventive medicine : evidence from a cross-sectional and a prospective longitudinal epidemiologic study in a Swiss community. Journal of Psychosomatic Research. 2016. Bd. 84, S. 44–51. DOI 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2016.03.012
Hengartner, Michael Pascal, Wolfram Kawohl, Helene Haker, Wulf Rössler, and Vladeta Ajdacic-Gross. 2016. “Big Five Personality Traits May Inform Public Health Policy and Preventive Medicine : Evidence from a Cross-Sectional and a Prospective Longitudinal Epidemiologic Study in a Swiss Community.” Journal of Psychosomatic Research 84: 44–51. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychores.2016.03.012.
Hengartner, Michael Pascal, et al. “Big Five Personality Traits May Inform Public Health Policy and Preventive Medicine : Evidence from a Cross-Sectional and a Prospective Longitudinal Epidemiologic Study in a Swiss Community.” Journal of Psychosomatic Research, vol. 84, 2016, pp. 44–51, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychores.2016.03.012.


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