Asthma moderates the association between the Big Five personality traits and life satisfaction
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Author(s)
Kang, Weixi
Malvaso, Antonio
Whelan, Edward
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
The current study aimed to examine whether asthma moderates the association between the Big Five personality traits and life satisfaction. By analyzing data from 3934 people with asthma (40.09% males) with a mean age of 49.2 (S.D. = 16.94) years old and 22,914 people without asthma (42.9% males) with a mean age of 45.62 (S.D. = 17.25) years old using a hierarchical regression and multiple regressions, the current study found that asthma significantly moderates the link between Neuroticism and life satisfaction and Openness and life satisfaction after controlling for other covariates. Specifically, Neuroticism was negatively related to life satisfaction whereas Agreeableness, Openness, Conscientiousness, and Extraversion were positively associated with life satisfaction in people with and without asthma. However, the negative association between Neuroticism and life satisfaction and the positive association between Openness and life satisfaction were stronger in people with asthma compared to people without asthma.
Date Issued
2023-09-16
Date Acceptance
2023-09-15
Citation
Healthcare, 2023, 11 (18), pp.1-9
ISSN
2227-9032
Publisher
MDPI
Start Page
1
End Page
9
Journal / Book Title
Healthcare
Volume
11
Issue
18
Copyright Statement
© 2023 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/11/18/2560
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
2560
Date Publish Online
2023-09-16