Psychosocial Predictors of Mental and Physical Health

Costa, P T.

Abstract

Normal personality dimensions can predispose individuals to certain forms of psychopathology, especially personality disorders. Studies in two samples examined relations between personality dimensions of the standard five-factor model and an alternative model designed specifically to capture dimensions of psychopathology. Correlations between the two models showed both overlapping and unique features; both sets of dimensions were useful in predicting personality disorder symptoms in a clinical sample. Efforts to relate basic research on personality to applications in clinical psychology and studies of the relation of personality to physical health will continue.

Funding Agency

• Agency: National Institute of Health (NIH)
• Institute: National Institute on Aging (NIA)
• Type: Intramural Research (Z01)
• Project #: 1Z01AG000184-07
• Application #: 5200285
• Support Year: 7
• Fiscal Year: 1995

Institution

• Name: National Institute on Aging
• Country: United States

Publications

Weiss, Alexander; Sutin, Angelina R; Duberstein, Paul R et al. (2009) The personality domains and styles of the five-factor model are related to incident depression in Medicare recipients aged 65 to 100. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 17:591-601

Bagby, R Michael; Quilty, Lena C; Segal, Zindel V et al. (2008) Personality and differential treatment response in major depression: a randomized controlled trial comparing cognitive-behavioural therapy and pharmacotherapy. Can J Psychiatry 53:361-70

Terracciano, Antonio; Lockenhoff, Corinna E; Zonderman, Alan B et al. (2008) Personality predictors of longevity: activity, emotional stability, and conscientiousness. Psychosom Med 70:621-7

Brummett, Beverly H; Siegler, Ilene C; Day, R Sue et al. (2008) Personality as a predictor of dietary quality in spouses during midlife. Behav Med 34:5-10

O'Cleirigh, Conall; Ironson, Gail; Weiss, Alexander et al. (2007) Conscientiousness predicts disease progression (CD4 number and viral load) in people living with HIV. Health Psychol 26:473-80

Nestadt, Gerald; Hsu, Fang-Chi; Samuels, Jack et al. (2006) Latent structure of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition personality disorder criteria. Compr Psychiatry 47:54-62

Matthews, Gerald; Emo, Amanda K; Funke, Gregory et al. (2006) Emotional intelligence, personality, and task-induced stress. J Exp Psychol Appl 12:96-107

Costa Jr, Paul T; Bagby, R Michael; Herbst, Jeffrey H et al. (2005) Personality self-reports are concurrently reliable and valid during acute depressive episodes. J Affect Disord 89:45-55

Costa Jr, Paul T; Patriciu, Nicholas S; McCrae, Robert R (2005) Lessons from longitudinal studies for new approaches to the DSM-V: the FFM and FFT. J Personal Disord 19:533-9; discussion 594-6

Hong, Jin Pyo; Samuels, Jack; Bienvenu, O Joseph et al. (2005) The longitudinal relationship between personality disorder dimensions and global functioning in a community-residing population. Psychol Med 35:891-5