Reporting heterogeneity in the associations between personality and health problems: Anchoring self-reports with health vignettes

Associations between personality and self-reported health problems may be biased by reporting heterogeneity, that is, tendency to rate the severity of the same health problem differently. This study used hypothetical health vignettes to examine the magnitude of such heterogeneity. Participants were...

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Published in:Journal of health psychology 2024-10, p.13591053241285960
Main Author: Jokela, Markus
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:Associations between personality and self-reported health problems may be biased by reporting heterogeneity, that is, tendency to rate the severity of the same health problem differently. This study used hypothetical health vignettes to examine the magnitude of such heterogeneity. Participants were from Health and Retirement Study (HRS;  = 3950; mean age 65 years, range from 30 to 97) and Wisconsin Longitudinal Study (WLS;  = 8664; mean age 64 years, range from 34 to 87). Personality traits of the Five Factor Model (extraversion, emotional stability, agreeableness, conscientiousness, and openness to experience) were only weakly associated with vignette ratings ( s 
ISSN:1359-1053
1461-7277
1461-7277
DOI:10.1177/13591053241285960