Emerging adulthood in American and British samples: individuals' personality and health risk behaviors

被引：11

作者：

Shifren, K

Furnham, A

Bauserman, RL

机构：

[1] Towson Univ, Towson, MD 21252 USA

[2] UCL, Dept Psychol, London WC1E 6BT, England

[3] AIDs Adm, Dept Hlth & Mental Hygiene, Baltimore, MD USA

来源：

JOURNAL OF ADULT DEVELOPMENT | 2003年 / 10卷 / 02期

关键词：

instrumental and expressive traits; neuroticism; health behaviors; perceived physical health;

D O I：

10.1023/A:1022435714590

中图分类号：

B844 [发展心理学（人类心理学）];

学科分类号：

040202 ;

摘要：

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between instrumental and expressive traits, and health-related behaviors among individuals in emerging adulthood (18-25 years old) in two Western societies. Individuals (100 males, 100 females) in an American sample and a British sample (36 males, 75 females) completed the Personal Attributes Questionnaire, a measure of neuroticism, the Health Behaviors Inventory, and two measures of perceived physical health. As hypothesized, in support of the androgyny model, individuals in both samples who scored high on both instrumental and expressive traits reported better health practices (i.e. safety belt use, less smoking) than individuals who scored low on both sets of traits or high on only one set of traits, after controlling for neuroticism. As hypothesized, for both samples, neuroticism explained more variance in perceived physical health than the other personality traits.

引用

页码：75 / 88

页数：14

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