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

Otonari, Jun; Ni, Jun; Morita, Makiko; Budhathoki, Sanjeev; Tashiro, Naotaka; Toyomura, Kengo; Kono, Suminori; Imai, Kazue; Ohnaka, Keizo; Takayanagi, Ryoichi

doi:10.1007/s11136-011-0098-y

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“…The sex difference in the association between Extraversion and BMI, however, was similar to the pattern found in Western samples (Brummett et al, 2006; Sutin & Terracciano, in press). Interestingly, one study of Japanese adults (Kakizaki et al, 2008) found similar sex-specific associations between Neuroticism and Extraversion and body weight and another study (Otonari et al, 2012) also found similar associations, although the authors did not test whether sex moderated these associations (neither study measured Conscientiousness).…”

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Personality traits and body mass index in Asian populations

Sutin

Stéphan

Wang

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Journal of Research in Personality

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Research on personality and adiposity has focused primarily on Western samples; less is known about the personality correlates of BMI in Asian populations. We examined the association between personality and Body Mass Index (BMI) among community-dwelling Japanese adults (N=380), Chinese adolescents (N=5,882), and a meta-analysis inclusive of a published Korean sample (total N=10,304). In the new samples and meta-analysis, Extraversion and Agreeableness were associated with higher BMI among men. In contrast to what is often found in Western samples, Conscientiousness was mostly unrelated to adiposity. These findings link pro-social tendencies to overweight among Asian men; Conscientiousness may be less relevant for BMI in Eastern societies with a low prevalence of obesity and strong social norms for eating but not thinness.

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Personality traits and body mass index in Asian populations

Sutin

Stéphan

Wang

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Journal of Research in Personality

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“…Today, resilience is being studied not only from the perspective of relevance to protection from development of PTSD 11) but also from the genetic and psychobiological perspectives 12,13) , as well as in specific settings such as mass disasters 14) and workplace adversity 15) . Personality traits observed in nonclinical populations are beginning to be considered to be associated with health behaviors or mental well-being 16,17) . Psychiatrists treating personality disorders prefer to categorical approach for its clinical utility 18) ; however, a quantitative review of taxometric research has revealed that the true prevalence of taxonomic findings is smaller than previously thought, especially in the domain of normal personality 19) .…”

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Personality and Resilience Associated with Perceived Fatigue of Local Government Employees Responding to Disasters

Kitamura

Shindo

Tachibana

et al. 2013

Journal of Occupational Health

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Sciences-Objectives: According to some newspapers, concerns are growing over the health of local government employees in the Great East Japan Earthquake disaster areas. Concerns were consistently present after the Hanshin-Awaji and Niigata-Chuetsu earthquakes but not studied analytically. Methods: Municipal employees responding to the disasters after an earthquake and floods answered a questionnaire about the degrees of workload, fatigue, psychological distress, resilience and personality traits. Results: Twothirds of the employees suffered fatigue and psychological distress, which were significantly correlated with workload but inversely correlated with emotional stability personality traits and psychological resilience. Conclusions: Together with substantial workload, individual differences in emotional stability and to lesser degree in resilience were found to have an impact on perceived fatigue. These individual factors should be considered as potential mediators of distresses among local government employees responding to disasters. (J Occup Health 2013; 55: 1-5)

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“…Personality plays an important role in perceived physical and emotional health, as its numerous characteristics affect a person's cognitive and emotional judgments of one's health-related quality of life or well-being and, in turn, moderately influence health status or health outcomes. This powerful impact of different personality traits on self-perception has been shown in multiple studies (Diener, 1996;DeNeve & Cooper, 1998;Bal & Sahin, 2011;Otonari et al, 2012). More than three decades ago, Costa and McCrae (1980) indicated that components of neuroticism and extraversion, and not temporary moods or states, can serve to predict individual differences of subjective well--being even over a period of ten years.…”

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Personality and Self-Perception of Physical and Emotional Health among First-Year University Students

Bobić

Cvijetić

Macan

2015

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The aim of this study was to determine the four personality traits: psychoticism (P), extraversion (E), neuroticism (N) and lie tendencies (L) measured by the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire, depression symptoms measured by the Zung Depression Scale (ZDS) and self-perceived health-related well--being measured by SF-36 in a sample of 430 healthy first-year university students of both sexes. We also wanted to determine which personality variable best predicts depression symptoms (ZDS) and well-being (SF-36). The obtained results showed that students rated their health and health-related quality of life as good, although they scored lower than same aged adults from the general population. Women had significantly higher scores on ZDS, N and L than men, while men scored higher on P and six out of eight SF-36 scales. N, among all of the other included personality variables, best predicts depression symptoms on ZDS and self-perceived physical and emotional health on SF-36. We also found that gender was not a moderator in any of the personality traits in their influence on well-being, but that N in females only adds significantly to the expression of depression symptoms. We concluded that personality plays an important role in subjective health-related well-being together with objective life circumstances.

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

Cited by 60 publications

References 34 publications

Personality traits and body mass index in Asian populations

Personality traits and body mass index in Asian populations

Personality and Resilience Associated with Perceived Fatigue of Local Government Employees Responding to Disasters

Personality and Self-Perception of Physical and Emotional Health among First-Year University Students

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