The relations between conscientiousness and mental health in a North-European and a West-Asian culture

Farahani, Mohammad Naghi; Kormi-Nouri, Reza; Raad, Boele De

doi:10.1080/09638237.2017.1340597

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“…The role of higher levels of Conscientiousness in old age is equally ambiguous. They were associated with more positive attitudes toward own aging (47), increased well-being (48), and more favorable biomedical markers of health status (49) but also increased late-onset suicide attempts (50), decreased benefit of mental demands at workplace (51), and increased exposure to mental health problems (52). Unlike Neuroticism, high levels of Agreeableness and Conscientiousness were frequently considered as positive characteristics in the course of adult life.…”

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Personality Factors' Impact on the Structural Integrity of Mentalizing Network in Old Age: A Combined PET-MRI Study

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The mentalizing network (MN) treats social interactions based on our understanding of other people's intentions and includes the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC), temporoparietal junction (TPJ), posterior cingulate cortex (PCC), precuneus (PC), and amygdala. Not all elders are equally affected by the aging-related decrease of mentalizing abilities. Personality has recently emerged as a strong determinant of functional connectivity in MN areas. However, its impact on volumetric changes across the MN in brain aging is still unknown. To address this issue, we explored the determinants of volume decrease in MN components including amyloid burden, personality, and APOE genotyping in a previously established cohort of 130 healthy elders with a mean follow-up of 54 months. Personality was assessed with the Neuroticism Extraversion Openness Personality Inventory-Revised. Regression models corrected for multiple comparisons were used to identify predictors of volume loss including time, age, sex, personality, amyloid load, presence of APOE epsilon 4 allele, and cognitive evolution. In cases with higher Agreeableness scores, there were lower volume losses in PCC, PC, and amygdala bilaterally. This was also the case for the right mPFC in elders displaying lower Agreeableness and Conscientiousness. In multiple regression models, the effect of Agreeableness was still observed in left PC and right amygdala and that of Conscientiousness was still observed in right mPFC volume loss (26.3% of variability, significant age and sex). Several Agreeableness (Modesty) and Conscientiousness (order, dutifulness, achievement striving, and self-discipline) facets were positively related to increased volume loss in cortical components of the MN. In conclusion, these data challenge the beneficial role of higher levels of Agreeableness and Conscientiousness in old age, showing that they are associated with an increased rate of volume loss within the MN.

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“…Renshaw & Arslan, 2019), two in Africa (Khumalo et al, 2022), and two involving samples from more than one continent (Farahani et al, 2019).…”

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“…The studies reviewed in this manuscript focus mainly on schoolrelated outcomes (f = 24), such as academic achievement, academic engagement, grade point average, learning skills (e.g., Marasca et al, 2021;O'Connor et al, 2018;Smith et al, 2020), followed by supportive relationships or interpersonal connectedness (f = 17), from different sources (e.g., peers, family, teachers, staff in residential care) (e.g., Antaramian et al, 2010;Magalhães & Calheiros, 2017;Petersen et al, 2020), and sociodemographic characteristics (f = 16; e.g., Clark & Malecki, 2022;Kassis et al, 2022). Also, individual attributes (such as personality, temperament or locus of control) (f = 8; e.g., Farahani et al, 2019;Greenspoon & Saklofske, 2001), physical health and activity (f = 8; e.g., Jiang, & Lu, 2019;Renshaw & Cohen, 2014), psychological assets (f = 7), such as gratitude, grit, or hope (e.g., Carver et al, 2021;Grych et al, 2020), and perceived stress or stressful events (f = 5; e.g., Lyons et al, 2012;, were also explored by these studies.…”

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“…Evidence revealed that well-adjusted and at-risk individuals (the groups scoring low on symptoms) showed lower difficulties in their locus of control (Eklund et al, 2011). Moreover, personality traits such as conscientiousness, humanity, sprightliness, integrity, serenity, moderation, and not being overly nervous or fearful are associated with a more positive, flourishing, and complete mental health status (de la Iglesia et al, 2019;Farahani et al, 2019;Greenspoon & Saklofske, 2001). Furthermore, evidence suggests that the Symptomatic but Content group had the highest conscientiousness scores (Farahani et al, 2019) and greater scores on humanity (de la Iglesia et al, 2019).…”

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“…Moreover, personality traits such as conscientiousness, humanity, sprightliness, integrity, serenity, moderation, and not being overly nervous or fearful are associated with a more positive, flourishing, and complete mental health status (de la Iglesia et al, 2019;Farahani et al, 2019;Greenspoon & Saklofske, 2001). Furthermore, evidence suggests that the Symptomatic but Content group had the highest conscientiousness scores (Farahani et al, 2019) and greater scores on humanity (de la Iglesia et al, 2019). Finally, extraversion and neuroticism (Lyons et al, 2012), and higher trait worry, psychological inflexibility, and dysfunctional perfectionism were significantly associated with Troubled and Symptomatic but Content groups (González et al, 2023).…”

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Dual-factor models of mental health propose that mental health includes two interrelated yet distinct dimensions -psychopathology and well-being. However, there is no systematization of the evidence following these models. This review aims to address the following research question: what evidence exists using dual-factor models? Method: The current systematic review was conducted using PRISMA guidelines on the following databases: Webof-science, Scopus, Academic Search Complete, APA PsycArticles, APA PsycInfo, Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection, ERIC, and MEDLINE. The screening process resulted in 85 manuscripts that tested the assumptions of dualfactor models. Results: Evidence revealed psychometric substantiation on the two-dimensionality of the dual-factor model, and 85% of the manuscripts provided evidence related to classifying participants into different mental health groups. Most studies showed that the Complete Mental Health or Positive Mental Health group is the most prevalent status group, and longitudinal evidence suggests that most participants (around 50%-64%) remain in the same group across time. Regarding the factors associated with mental health status groups, studies reviewed in this manuscript focus mainly on school-related outcomes, followed by supportive relationships, sociodemographic characteristics, psychological assets, individual attributes, physical health, and stressful events. Conclusions: This review highlights the importance of considering the two dimensions of mental health when conceptualizing, operationalizing, and measuring mental health. Fostering mental health must go beyond reducing symptoms, and practitioners would be able to include well-being-related interventions in their regular practice to improve individuals' mental health outcomes.

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Evaluating the Impact of Conscientiousness on Flourishing in Indian Higher Education Context: Mediating Role of Emotional Intelligence

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The relations between conscientiousness and mental health in a North-European and a West-Asian culture

Abstract: It was concluded that the relationship between conscientiousness and mental health/mental illness is more a non-linear relationship than a linear one.

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