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Neuroticism and extraversion personality traits, health behaviours, and subjective well-being: the Fukuoka Study (Japan)

verfasst von: Jun Otonari, Jun Nagano, Makiko Morita, Sanjeev Budhathoki, Naotaka Tashiro, Kengo Toyomura, Suminori Kono, Kazue Imai, Keizo Ohnaka, Ryoichi Takayanagi

Erschienen in: Quality of Life Research | Ausgabe 10/2012

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Abstract

Purpose

We evaluated personality dimensions captured by an abbreviated 8-item questionnaire and examined associations of the personality traits with health behaviours and subjective well-being (SWB) measures.

Methods

The subjects were 11,554 participants in the Kyushu University Fukuoka Cohort Study who completed a self-administered questionnaire inquiring health behaviours, morbidity, personality, and SWB. Personality was assessed by using a questionnaire appeared to capture neuroticism and extraversion traits, and SWB-related variables were assessed with 3 single-item questions.

Results

Neuroticism was negatively and extraversion was positively associated with BMI. Extraversion, but not neuroticism, was positively associated with smoking and alcohol drinking. After multivariate adjustment, neuroticism was strongly associated with each of 3 SWB measures. The multivariate-adjusted odds ratios for the highest versus lowest quintile of neuroticism were 6.09 (95% confidence interval [CI], 5.05–7.33) for perceived stress; 0.21 (95% CI, 0.18–0.25) for good health condition; and 0.26 (95% CI, 0.22–0.31) for life satisfaction. Extraversion showed no clear association with the SWB measures.

Conclusions

The neuroticism and extraversion scales were associated with health behaviours and BMI differently. The neuroticism scale, but not the extraversion scale, was strongly associated with higher perception of stress, poorer perceived health, and lower satisfaction with life in a Japanese population.

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Titel: Neuroticism and extraversion personality traits, health behaviours, and subjective well-being: the Fukuoka Study (Japan)
verfasst von: Jun Otonari
Jun Nagano
Makiko Morita
Sanjeev Budhathoki
Naotaka Tashiro
Kengo Toyomura
Suminori Kono
Kazue Imai
Keizo Ohnaka
Ryoichi Takayanagi
Publikationsdatum: 01.12.2012
Verlag: Springer Netherlands
Erschienen in: Quality of Life Research / Ausgabe 10/2012
Print ISSN: 0962-9343
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-2649
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-011-0098-y

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