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Personality traits and chronic illness: a comparison of individuals with psychiatric, coronary heart disease, and HIV/AIDS diagnoses

2009; Elsevier BV; Volume: 24; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.apnr.2009.04.006

1532-8201

Judith A. Erlen, Carol S. Stilley, Ann Bender, Mary Pat Lewis, Linda Garand, Yookyung Kim, Paul A. Pilkonis, Julius Kitutu, Susan M. Sereika, Claire Shaler,

Eating Disorders and Behaviors

This secondary analysis used the five-factor model of personality to examine personality traits in four samples of patients with chronic disorders. Profiles of personality traits differed across disorders. Although participants with psychiatric disorders and participants with HIV/AIDS had similar patterns of personality traits, patients with psychiatric disorders were more extreme on all traits except agreeableness. Patients with hyperlipidemia and those who had cardiothoracic transplants had similar patterns. Nurses and researchers need to consider personality traits that drive patterns of behavior in designing more effective ways to promote better health and manage disease.