Personality as modifier of the life event-distress relationship: A longitudinal structural equation model |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Social Psychiatry, State University of Groningen, Broerstraat 5, 9700 AB, Groningen, P.O. Box 72, The Netherlands;2. Department of Environmental Hygiene, State University of Groningen, Broerstat 5, 9700 AB, Groningen, P.O. Box 72, The Netherlands;3. Department of Health Sciences, State University of Groningen, Broerstat 5, 9700 AB, Groningen, P.O. Box 72, The Netherlands;1. Centre for Health Services and Policy Research, School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada;2. The Children’s Research Institute of the Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA;1. Department of Anesthesiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark;2. Department of Clinical Physiology, Nuclear Medicine and PET, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Denmark;3. Emergency Medical Services Copenhagen, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark;4. Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark;5. Prehospital Emergency Services, North Denmark Region, Aalborg, Denmark;6. Center for Prehospital and Emergency Research, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark;7. Emergency Clinic, Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark;8. Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark;1. Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, USA;2. Center for Infection in Cancer Research, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, USA;3. College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA;4. Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA;1. The University of British Columbia, Centre for Health Services and Policy Research, School of Population and Public Health, 2206 E Mall, Vancouver BC V6T1Z3, Canada;2. Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada;3. The Centre for Health Economics Research and Evaluation, University of Technology, Sydney. Level 2, Building 5D, 1-59 Quay Street, Haymarket NSW 2000 Australia;4. The University of Sydney, Menzies Centre for Health Policy, School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, D17 Charles Perkins Centre, Sydney 2006, NSW, Australia;5. Li Ka Shing Centre for Healthcare Analytics Research and Training, St. Michael’s Hospital, 30 Bond Street Toronto, Ontario M5B1W8, Canada;1. Department of Psychology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama;2. Department of Experimental-Clinical and Health Psychology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium;3. Department of Psychology, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Neuroscience, King''s College, London, England |
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| Abstract: | A structural equation model is presented of the way in which personalityfactors may modify responsiveness to life events and examines this model using data collected in the Groningen Study on a sample of 296 Dutch adults. Three definitions of vulnerability were studied: neuroticism, self-esteem and locus of control. Unlike the Brown/Harris model our model does not assume ‘all or none’ variables but considers exposure to provoking factors, vulnerability and symptom levels as continuous variables. The analysis suggested the following major conclusions. Firstly, previous symptom level was strongly related to current symptom level. The strenght of the relationship was independent from vulnerability. Secondly, the three personality factors did not modify the response to exposure to adversity. Thirdly, locus of control and self-esteem somewhat modified the impact of desirable events. Among high vulnerability Ss (external, low self-esteem) desirable events appeared to reduce symptom level. The implications of these findings for the role of personality in influencing symptom level of Brown/Harris vulnerability model are discussed. |
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