Personality and change in perceived control during the acute stage of the coronavirus pandemic

Sesker, Amanda A.; Lee, Ji Hyun; Luchetti, Martina; Aschwanden, Damaris; Stéphan, Yannick; Terracciano, Antonio; Sutin, Angelina R.

doi:10.1016/j.paid.2022.111607

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“…Our results suggest that interventions targeting perceived control may be particularly useful for individuals with personality profiles characterized by low extraversion and high neuroticism. Personality screening may be used to identify individuals in need of mental health treatment or to guide interventions (Sesker et al, 2022).…”

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“…Changes in perceived control in social domains were also positively predicted by an adaptive personality profile (Lachman et al, 2009). In a study by Sesker et al (2022), conscientiousness, extraversion, and agreeableness were associated with less decline in perceived control during the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Taken together, these studies suggest that an adaptive personality profile may contribute to PCOSL and that neuroticism and extraversion may be particularly important when examining outcomes related to COVID-19.…”

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Communication Modalities, Personality Traits, and Change in Perceived Control Over Social Life Following Onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic Among Older Americans

2023

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We examined associations between change in social contact communication modalities and change in perceived control over social life (PCOSL) following onset of the COVID-19 pandemic among older Americans and evaluated the extent to which associations were moderated by personality. Data were from the 2016 and 2020 waves of the Health and Retirement Study. Multivariate ordinary least squares regression analyses were computed adjusting for baseline PCOSL, sociodemographic, health, and psychosocial factors. Multiple moderation analyses revealed that extraversion moderated the association between change in social media communication and change in PCOSL before to during COVID-19. As levels of engagement in social media communication increased, those with high extraversion experienced increases in PCOSL, whereas those with low extraversion experienced decreases in PCOSL. Findings suggest that social interventions targeting perceived control and communication modality may be useful for older adults during global health events and that personality characteristics can help to inform intervention choices.

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Communication Modalities, Personality Traits, and Change in Perceived Control Over Social Life Following Onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic Among Older Americans

2023

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“…Other variables, such as sense of control, might thus be needed to be addressed to understand the relationship between perceived risk and subjective age. For instance, a study by Sesker and colleagues [ 48 ], found that perceived control declined significantly during the early onset of the pandemic. As a lower sense of control can make older adults feel older on a daily basis [ 49 ], and we know that it is related to both subjective age and risk perceptions [ 37 , 49 ] incorporating sense of control into future analysis, we could gain a better understanding of the mechanisms behind subjective age.…”

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Subjective age, worry and risk-related perceptions in older adults in times of a pandemic

Tingvold

Albert

Hoffmann³

et al. 2022

PLoS ONE

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During the Covid-19 pandemic, older people have been in the spotlight of the public debate. Given their higher risk of severe outcomes of the disease, they have been described as especially vulnerable and as a burden to others and society. We thus wanted to investigate how older people’s perception of their own age, that is their subjective age, as well as their Covid-19 related risks and worries were related during the pandemic and whether these relationships varied according to participants’ subjective health. We used data from the longitudinal CRISIS study which was conducted in the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg in June and October 2020. Participants were aged 60–98 and responded on questionnaires regarding their subjective age, worry of falling ill with Covid-19, perceived risk of contracting the virus, perceived risk of falling seriously ill if they contracted Covid-19, as well as their subjective health and covariates. Three cross-lagged panel models were constructed to explore the longitudinal, bidirectional relationships between the variables. Cross-sectionally, a higher subjective age was related to more perceived risk of a serious course of disease. Longitudinally, subjective age and worry did not show any significant association over time, and neither did subjective age and perceived risk of contracting the virus. However, subjective health significantly moderated the relationship of worry and subjective age, showing different trajectories in the relationship depending on whether subjective health was good or bad. Higher perceived risk of falling seriously ill increased subjective age over time. Again, subjective health moderated this relationship: the perceived risk of falling seriously ill affected subjective age only for those with better subjective health. Our findings show the interactive relationship between subjective age and Covid-19 related cognitions and emotions and provide guidance for identifying older people that are most susceptible for negative age-related communication during the pandemic.

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“…Our highly powered analysis revealed that that the protective power of conscientiousness on stigmas was very small and disappeared as other predictors were considered. Thus, conscientiousness may be protective, but to a small extent which is better explained by other predictors that conscientiousness is established to have a positive relationship with, such as age (e.g., Jackson et al, 2009;Roberts et al, 2006) and perceived control (e.g., Sesker et al, 2022;Toyama et al, 2022).…”

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The Impact of the Big Five Personality Traits on Help-Seeking Stigmas, Attitudes, and Intentions

Murphy,

Mackenzie

2023

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Mental illness is common, consequential, and increasing in prevalence. Despite this, mostindividuals do not seek professional help for mental health concerns. Research has begun to investigatethe impact of personality on help-seeking, but it has suffered from many limitations. As such, thepurpose of this study was to establish the effects of the Big Five personality traits on public and selfstigmaof seeking help, help-seeking attitudes, and intentions. We employed hierarchical regressionmodels in a large cross-sectional sample (N = 5712) to evaluate personality traits in the context of otherestablished predictors of help-seeking. Agreeableness had consistent protective effects across all modelsand extraversion was especially protective regarding help-seeking intentions. In contrast to thesebeneficial effects, openness, conscientiousness, and neuroticism had complex relationships with help-seekingconstructs. Our findings have implications for understanding the influence of the Big Five onwhich individuals may be unlikely to seek mental health services in the face of a need. Through thisunderstanding, we can begin to develop targeted strategies directed towards individuals at risk to notseek help for mental health concerns, and increase help-seeking behaviour.

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Personality and change in perceived control during the acute stage of the coronavirus pandemic

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References 34 publications

Communication Modalities, Personality Traits, and Change in Perceived Control Over Social Life Following Onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic Among Older Americans

Communication Modalities, Personality Traits, and Change in Perceived Control Over Social Life Following Onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic Among Older Americans

Subjective age, worry and risk-related perceptions in older adults in times of a pandemic

The Impact of the Big Five Personality Traits on Help-Seeking Stigmas, Attitudes, and Intentions

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