Understanding the associations between personality traits and mental health in people with and without epilepsy
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Author(s)
Kang, Weixi
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Objectives
The aim of the current study was to test how epilepsy could moderate the associations between Big Five personality traits and mental health.
Methods
This cross-sectional study analyzed data from Understanding Society: UK Household Longitudinal (UKHLS), which relies on a complex multi-stage stratified sampling design. Personality traits were measured by the Big Five inventory whereas mental health where measured by the GHQ-12. A hierarchical regression and two multiple regressions were performed on 334 people with epilepsy with a mean age of 45.14±15.88 years old (41.32% males) and 26484 healthy controls (42.5% males) with a mean age of 48.71±17.04 years old.
Results
Neuroticism was positively related to worse mental health in both people with epilepsy and healthy controls with a stronger relationship in people with epilepsy, but Conscientiousness was negatively related to worse mental health in both people with epilepsy and healthy controls. Moreover, Openness and Extraversion were negatively related to worse mental health in healthy controls but not in people with epilepsy.
Conclusions
Personality traits are closely related to mental health in both people with epilepsy and healthy controls. Clinicians should use findings from this study to detect people with epilepsy who may be at high risk of poor mental health based on their personality traits.
The aim of the current study was to test how epilepsy could moderate the associations between Big Five personality traits and mental health.
Methods
This cross-sectional study analyzed data from Understanding Society: UK Household Longitudinal (UKHLS), which relies on a complex multi-stage stratified sampling design. Personality traits were measured by the Big Five inventory whereas mental health where measured by the GHQ-12. A hierarchical regression and two multiple regressions were performed on 334 people with epilepsy with a mean age of 45.14±15.88 years old (41.32% males) and 26484 healthy controls (42.5% males) with a mean age of 48.71±17.04 years old.
Results
Neuroticism was positively related to worse mental health in both people with epilepsy and healthy controls with a stronger relationship in people with epilepsy, but Conscientiousness was negatively related to worse mental health in both people with epilepsy and healthy controls. Moreover, Openness and Extraversion were negatively related to worse mental health in healthy controls but not in people with epilepsy.
Conclusions
Personality traits are closely related to mental health in both people with epilepsy and healthy controls. Clinicians should use findings from this study to detect people with epilepsy who may be at high risk of poor mental health based on their personality traits.
Date Issued
2023-06-09
Date Acceptance
2023-05-25
Citation
Frontiers in Psychology, 2023, 14, pp.1-5
ISSN
1664-1078
Publisher
Frontiers Media S.A.
Start Page
1
End Page
5
Journal / Book Title
Frontiers in Psychology
Volume
14
Copyright Statement
Copyright: © 2023 Kang. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Identifier
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1134188/full
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
1134188
Date Publish Online
2023-06-09