Big Five personality and health in adults with and without cancer

Catherine Rochefort; Michael Hoerger; Nicholas A. Turiano; Paul Duberstein

doi:10.1177/1359105317753714

Big Five personality and health in adults with and without cancer

Catherine Rochefort, Michael Hoerger, Nicholas A. Turiano, Paul Duberstein

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Personality is associated with health, but examinations in patients with illnesses are lacking. We aimed to determine whether personality–physical health associations differed between community and cancer samples. This cross-sectional study involved 168 participants without cancer, 212 men with prostate cancer, and 55 women with breast cancer. We examined whether the Big Five personality dimensions were associated with health behaviors and multiple health indicators. Higher conscientiousness and lower neuroticism were associated with better health behaviors and health (r_max =.31), with few differences between community and cancer samples. Findings call for research on the implications of personality in patients with serious illnesses.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1494-1504
Number of pages	11
Journal	Journal of Health Psychology
Volume	24
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/1359105317753714
State	Published - Sep 1 2019
Externally published	Yes

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Applied Psychology

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health behaviors
health outcomes
oncology
personality
physical health

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