Abstract

GAZQUEZ LINARES, José Jesús; PEREZ FUENTES, María del Carmen; MERCADER RUBIO, Isabel  and  JOSE INGLES SAURA, Cándido. Impact of Optimism and the "Big Five" Personality Factors on Older Persons' Health. Univ. Psychol. [online]. 2014, vol.13, n.3, pp.995-1004. ISSN 1657-9267.  https://doi.org/10.11144/Javeriana.UPSY13-3.rocg.

This work studies the influence of Dispositional Optimism and the "Big Five" personality factors on older peoples' self-rated health and it examines optimists' and pessimists' analyses of their own health. The sample is made up of 498 older people (M = 63.3 years and SD = 8.55). The results reveal that optimists have a better perception of their health and lower levels of social dysfunction and depression. The Neuroticism factor affects to the Somatic Symptoms, Anxiety, Social Dysfunction, and Depression; and is a key factor in the relation established between Dispositional Optimism and the subscale of Depression. However, Optimism only directly affects the subscale Social Dysfunction.

Keywords : optimism; personality; self-rated health; older people.

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