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Five-factor personality traits and subjective health among caregivers: The role of caregiver strain and self-efficacy.

Year: 2011

Type: article

Abstract: This study examined the association among caregivers' five-factor personality traits and subjective health with particular emphasis on the role of two theoretically implicated mediators: multi-domain self-efficacy and caregiver strain. The sample comprised 536 informal caregivers (mean age = 62.9 years, SD = 19.9, 72% female, 98% White) of community-dwelling older adults with multiple functional impairments. Both physical health and mental health were negatively associated with neuroticism and positively associated with extraversion and conscientiousness. Agreeableness and openness were associated with better subjective mental health and physical health, respectively. Multiple mediation analyses indicated that self-efficacy mediated all observed associations between personality and subjective health, whereas caregiver strain selectively mediated the associations of neuroticism and agreeableness with mental health.

Source: Psychology and Aging

DOI: 10.1037/a0022209

Authors: Corinna E. Löckenhoff, Paul R. Duberstein, Bruce Friedman, Paul T. Costa

Institutions: Cornell University, University of Rochester Medicine, University of Rochester, Johns Hopkins University

Language: English

Topic: Personality Traits and Psychology

Subfield: Clinical Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Institutes of Health, U.S. Public Health Service, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse