A developmental psychological study on personality traits and physical, mental, and social health

2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23830038
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Educational psychology
• Research Institution: Kyoto University
• Principal Investigator: TAKAHASHI Yusuke 京都大学, 高等教育研究開発推進センター, 特定助教 (20615471)
• Project Period (FY): 2011 – 2012
• Keywords: パーソナリティ特性 / 身体的健康 / 精神的健康 / 社会的健康 / 予測的妥当性 / 縦断研究 / 潜在変化モデル / オンライン調査

Research Abstract

The purpose of this study is to accumulate scientific knowledge about the entire picture of links between personality traits and physical, mental, and social health. To this end, we had collected the survey data about a variety of health measures from several samples. One of The results revealed that changes in personality traits were significantly and positively correlated with changes in health-related behaviors and changes in self-perceived physical health. This longitudinal study provides evidence that increases in personality trait score and health-related behaviors are associated with improvements in self-perceived health over time.Another result revealed that personality trait fully mediated the effect of parental socialization ofresponsibility on self-rated health. The mediational links were consistent across younger, middle-aged and older-aged cohorts. Our findings suggest that greater parental socialization of responsibility relates to higher personality trait score, and consequently healthier adults. These findings imply that parental behaviors could be a plausible target for intervention to foster the development of personality traits and better health

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Two Cohort and Three Independent Anonymous Twin Projects at the Keio Twin Research Center (KoTReC) (2013)
  • Author(s): Ando, J., Fujisawa, K. K., Shikishima, C., Hiraishi, K., Nozaki, M., Yamagata, S, Takahashi, Y., Ozaki, K., Suzuki, K., Deno, M., Sasaki, S., Toda, T., Kobayashi, K., Sugimoto, Y., Okada, M., Kijima, N., Ono, Y., Yoshimura, K., Kakihana, S., Maekawa, H.
  • Journal Title: Twin Research and Human Genetics Volume: 16(1) Pages: 202-216
  • DOI: DOI:10.1017/thg.2012.131
• [Journal Article] Bidirectional influences between maternal parenting and children's peer problems: A longitudinal monozygotic twin difference study (2013)
  • Author(s): Yamagata, S., Takahashi, Y., Ozaki, K., Fujisawa, K. K., Nonaka, K., & Ando, J
  • Journal Title: Developmental Science Volume: 16(2) Pages: 249-259
  • DOI: DOI:10.1111/desc.12021
• [Journal Article] レポート評価におけるルーブリックの開発とその信頼性の検討 (2013)
  • Author(s): 松下佳代,小野和宏,高橋雄介
  • Journal Title: 大学教育学会誌 Volume: 35(1) Pages: 107-115
• [Journal Article] Conscientiousness mediates therelation between perceived parental socialization of responsibility and self-rated health (2012)
  • Author(s): Takahashi, Y., Roberts, B. W., & Hoshino, T
  • Journal Title: Psychology and Health Volume: 27(9) Pages: 1048-1061
  • DOI: DOI:10.1080/08870446.2011.652110
• [Journal Article] Personality trait development in adulthood: Patterns and implications (2011)
  • Author(s): Roberts, B. W., & Takahashi, Y
  • Journal Title: Japanese Journal of Personality Volume: 20(1) Pages: 1-10
  • DOI: DOI:10.2132/personality.20.1
• [Journal Article] Grayの行動抑制系と不安・抑うつ-双生児法による4つの因果モデルの検討- (2011)
  • Author(s): 山形伸二,高橋雄介,木島伸彦,大野裕,安藤寿康
  • Journal Title: パーソナリティ研究 Volume: 20(2) Pages: 110-117
• [Journal Article] Longitudinal correlated changes in conscientiousness, preventative health-related behaviors, and self-perceived physical health
  • Author(s): Takahashi, Y., Edmonds, G. W., Jackson, J. J., & Roberts, B. W
  • Journal Title: Journal of Personality
  • DOI: DOI:10.1111/jopy.12007
• [Journal Article] Depression and interpersonal stress: The mediating role of emotion regulation
  • Author(s): Moriya, J., & Takahashi, Y
  • Journal Title: Motivation and Emotion
  • DOI: DOI:10.1007/s11031-012-9323-4
• [Presentation] 混合軌跡モデリングを用いた2つの実データ分析事例: 大規模長期縦断データと小規模短期縦断データ (2011)
  • Author(s): 高橋雄介
  • Organizer: 日本心理学会第75回大会
  • Place of Presentation: 日本大学
  • Year and Date: 20110915-17
• [Presentation] Depression and interpersonal stress: The mediating role of cognitive emotion regulation (2011)
  • Author(s): Moriya, J., & Takahashi, Y
  • Organizer: 15th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Individual Differences
  • Place of Presentation: London, U.K
  • Year and Date: 20110725-28
• [Presentation] Heritability of decisions and outcomes on public goods games (2011)
  • Author(s): Hiraishi, K., Shikishima, C., Takahashi, Y., Yamagata, S., Sugimoto, Y., & Ando, J
  • Organizer: 23rd Annual Meeting of the Human Behavior and Evolution Society, Montpellier
  • Place of Presentation: France
  • Year and Date: 20110629-0703
• [Presentation] The healthy lifestyle as a mediator of the effects of personality on health (2011)
  • Author(s): Edmonds, G. W., Hill, P., Takahashi, Y., & Roberts, B. W
  • Organizer: 2nd Biennial Conference of Association for Research in Personality
  • Place of Presentation: California, U.S.A
  • Year and Date: 20110616-18
• [Book] 測定・評価場面における信頼性と妥当性
  • Author(s): 高橋雄介
  • Publisher: ナカニシヤ出版
• [Book] パーソナリティの遺伝子探し
  • Author(s): 高橋雄介
  • Publisher: ナカニシヤ出版
• [Book] 縦断データの分析I-変化についてのマルチレベルモデリング
  • Author(s): 高橋雄介
  • Publisher: 高橋雄介
• [Remarks]
  • URL: http://www001.upp.so-net.ne.jp/yuckke/