Does personality moderate the relationship between stress and health behavior? Expanding the nomological network of the five-factor model

Korotkov, Dave

doi:10.1016/j.jrp.2008.06.003

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“…This finding support previous research where conscientiousness was identified as a significant predictor of cynicism/depersonalisation (Deary et al 1996). Research done in South Africa by Storm and Rothmann (2003) showed that higher levels of conscientiousness are associated with lower levels of cynicism/depersonalisation, while Korotkov (2008) also found that conscientiousness acts as a buffer in the stressto-distress relationship. However, in contrast with the results of this study, several other studies also found openness to experience Kokkinos 2007), extraversion (Zellers et al 2000;Francis et al 2004) and neuroticism (Le Pine et al 2004;Langelaan et al 2006) as significant predictors of cynicism/ depersonalisation.…”

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The Influence of Personality Traits and Resilience on Burnout among Customer Service Representatives in a Call Centre

Kotzé

Lamb

2012

Journal of Social Sciences

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The aim of the study was to identify those personality traits and resilience factors that could influence the ability of Customer Service Representatives in a call centre to manage burnout effectively. A crosssectional survey design was used and the sample consisted of 187 customer service representatives from a call centre. The Big Five Personality Structure was utilised to measure personality traits by means of the International Personality Item Pool. The Resilience Scale and the Maslach Burnout Inventory (General Survey) were used to measure resilience and burnout respectively. By means of multiple stepwise regression analysis, significant linear relationships were identified between two of the Big Five personality factors, Conscientiousness, and Agreeableness, and several of the dimensions of burnout. Resilience was found to have a significant influence on two burnout dimensions, namely Cynicism/Depersonalisation and Professional Efficacy, respectively. The results are informative in terms of its use for future selection and development purposes of customer service representatives employed in call centres.

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The Influence of Personality Traits and Resilience on Burnout among Customer Service Representatives in a Call Centre

Kotzé

Lamb

2012

Journal of Social Sciences

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“…Contrary to hypothesised effects, personality was not typically supported as a moderator of the relationship between relative sociability prototypes and drinking intention, yet some evidence was found to support the role of extraversion as a moderator of the relationship between relative sociability prototypes and intention to get drunk. Previous tests of moderator effects of trait extraversion have revealed a protective effect of introversion in the context of the relationship between physical activity and mental health (Wilson, Das, Evans, & Dishman, 2016) and an equivocal effect in the relationship between stress and health behavior (Korotkov, 2008). Our study presents tentative evidence that extraversion may moderate the relationship between alcohol prototypes and drinking plans such that extraverts are at greater risk of harmful behavior.…”

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Understanding the Association Between Relative Sociability Prototypes and University Students' Drinking Intention

Conroy

Visser

2016

Substance Use & Misuse

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Background. Evaluations of 'the prototypical non-drinker' and of 'the prototypical regular drinker' have been demonstrated to hold associations with more harmful drinking behavior, yet the extent to which the relative evaluation of these prototypes is associated with drinking intention remains to be tested. Objectives. To explore whether relatively unfavorable non-drinker prototypes are associated with increased drinking intention and whether this relationship is moderated by personality variables. Methods. Among a student sample (n = 543), alcohol-related sociability prototype measures were used to compute an index of the perceived sociability of regular drinkers relative to non-drinkers ('relative sociability prototypes'). Measures of drinking intention, conscientiousness, extraversion and sensation seeking impulsivity were also taken. Results. Most students perceived the prototypical non-drinker unfavourably relative to the prototypical regular drinker (91%, n = 493). Simple slopes analyses indicated that extraversion moderated the strength of the relationship between relative sociability prototypes and drinking intention such that relatively negative evaluations of non-drinkers were only associated with increased intention to get drunk among more extraverted students. Conclusions/Importance. Prospective data and behavioral measures are needed to substantiate these findings, which suggest links between relative evaluations of non-drinkers, harmful drinking intention and personality traits. Evidence suggests that by challenging prejudicial beliefs concerning non-drinkers (as 'unsociable') and by targeting more extraverted students, safer drinking plans might be encouraged. INTRODUCTIONExcessive alcohol consumption is an ingrained aspect of university student culture in the U.K. (Gill, 2002;Plant & Plant, 2006). High levels of student alcohol consumption are linked to varied concerns including poor academic performance and increased risk of injury in addition to the long-term health risks of drinking to excess (Cherpitel, Bond, Ye, Borges, MacDonald, & Giesbrecht, 2003; Drinkaware, 2016;Thombs, Olds, Bondy, Winchell, Baliunas, & Rehm, 2009).In this context, links have been found between student perceptions of 'the typical non-drinker' and personal drinking behavior, with evidence that unfavorable perceptions of non-drinkers are associated with higher levels of alcohol consumption (Regan & Morrison, 2013;Zimmermann & Sieverding, 2010). For example, Prototype Willingness Model (PWM) studies have demonstrated how unfavorable evaluations of prototypical non-drinkers (e.g., as 'uncool' or 'unsociable') predict greater willingness to take health-related risks and increased likelihood to drink alcohol more heavily (Gerrard, Gibbons, Reis-Bergan, Trudeau, Vande Lune, & Buunk, 2002;Rivis, Sheeran, & Armitage, 2006). Recent PWM research has suggested that alcohol prototypes may be understood as distinct 'sociability' and 'responsibility' factors, with regression analyses indicating that ratings for prototypical nondr...

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“…Personality may also influence engagement with behaviors relevant to physical or psychological health (Kavussanu & McAuley, 1995). For example, introverts are more likely to engage in health practices than extroverts (Korotkov, 2008), and those with high levels of neuroticism are less likely to engage in positive health behaviors (Booth-Kewley & Vickers, 1994) than other individuals. In this context, health behavior may be conceptualized as the physical manifestation of personality traits.…”

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“…In particular, personality is associated with the level of symptom reporting (Turk, Gatz, Pedersen, & Dahlberg, 1999). These explanations are not mutually exclusive, for example, Korotkov (2008) reports that, when experiencing stress, emotionally stable individuals engage in a greater number of health care practices than those with lower levels of emotional stability. These findings highlight the complexity of these associations.…”

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Personality and Symptoms of Psychological Ill Health Among Adult Male Offenders

Brewer

2010

Am J Mens Health

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The current study investigated the relationship between personality and symptoms of psychological ill health in adult male offenders. Male offenders (N = 161) housed at two medium-high-risk institutions completed the Ten Item Personality Inventory and the Symptom Checklist Outpatient Rating Scale. Emotional stability emerged as the strongest individual predictor of psychological ill health and predicted each of the subscales measured (somatization, obsessive-compulsive, interpersonal sensitivity, depression, anxiety, anger-hostility, phobic anxiety, paranoid ideation, and psychoticism) and overall symptoms. Although agreeableness predicted depression and anger-hostility only, extraversion, conscientiousness, and openness to experience did not predict any aspect of psychological ill health investigated. The findings contribute to the current literature and provide further information about the relationship between personality and symptoms of psychological ill health in adult male offenders.

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Does personality moderate the relationship between stress and health behavior? Expanding the nomological network of the five-factor model

Cited by 52 publications

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The Influence of Personality Traits and Resilience on Burnout among Customer Service Representatives in a Call Centre

The Influence of Personality Traits and Resilience on Burnout among Customer Service Representatives in a Call Centre

Understanding the Association Between Relative Sociability Prototypes and University Students' Drinking Intention

Personality and Symptoms of Psychological Ill Health Among Adult Male Offenders

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