Personality Traits Predict Life Satisfaction in Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) Patients.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The objective of the current study is to establish the association between Big Five personality traits and life satisfaction in coronary heart disease (CHD) patients.

Methods

The current study analyzed data from 566 patients with CHD with a mean age of 63.00 ± 15.23 years old (61.13% males) and 3018 healthy controls (63.95% females) with a mean age of 63.85 (S.D. = 9.59) years old from the UKHLS. A train-and-test approach accompanied by one-sample t-tests was used to analyze the differences in personality traits and life satisfaction between CHD patients and healthy controls while controlling for potential confounders. Two multiple regression models were applied to analyze the associations between personality traits and life satisfaction in CHD patients and health

SUBMITTER: Kang W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9654296 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature