Psychological predictors of good health in three longitudinal samples of educated midlife women

被引:26
作者
Adams, SH
Cartwright, LK
Stewart, AJ
Ostrove, JM
Wink, P
机构
[1] Univ Calif San Francisco, Dept Pediat, Div Adolescent Med, Hlth Psychol Program, San Francisco, CA 94109 USA
[2] Univ Calif Berkeley, Dept Epidemiol, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
[3] Univ Calif Berkeley, Inst Personal & Social Res, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
[4] Univ Michigan, Dept Psychol, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA
[5] Wellesley Coll, Dept Psychol, Wellesley, MA 02181 USA
关键词
women's health; intellectual efficiency; anxiety; hostility;
D O I
10.1037/0278-6133.17.5.412
中图分类号
B849 [应用心理学];
学科分类号
040203 ;
摘要
Concurrent and longitudinal associations between cognitive and affective personality variables-intellectual efficiency (IE), anxiety, and hostility-and observer ratings of physical health were examined in 3 longitudinal samples of women: Mills Longitudinal Study (n = 101); Radcliffe Study (RS, n = 118); and University of California, San Francisco Study (n = 44). Observer ratings of health were based on participants' reports of health problems. The California Psychological Inventory (H. G. Gough, 1996) IE, Hostility and Anxiety Scales were used in all studies at Times 1 and 2, except in RS, when at Time 1 the Zung Anxiety (W.. K. Zung, 1971) and the Profile of Mood States (D. M. McNair, M. Lorr, & L. F. Droppleman, 1971) Hostility Scales were used. In the majority of analyses, IE was positively associated with good health, and Anxiety and Hostility were negatively associated with health. IE was the strongest independent predictor of health, indicating that cognitive characteristics may have an important role in health and should be examined further.
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页码:412 / 420
页数:9
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