Influencia de la personalidad en la salud y en la participación social de las personas mayores: el papel de la extraversión y del optimismo.

• Autores: Cristina Dumitrache, Lourdes Aranda, Cristina Buedo Guirado, Laura Rubio Rubio
• Localización: International Journal of Developmental and Educational Psychology: INFAD. Revista de Psicología, ISSN 0214-9877, Vol. 1, Nº. 2, 2017 (Ejemplar dedicado a: La psicología hoy: retos, logros y perspectivas de futuro. Psicología de la Adolescencia), págs. 183-192
• Idioma: español
• DOI: 10.17060/ijodaep.2017.n2.v1.1120
• Títulos paralelos:
  • Influence of personality on the health and social participation of elderly people: the role of extraversion and optimism.
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  • español

    La salud y la participación son dos pilares fundamentales del envejecimiento activo por lo que es importante entender las variables que los afectan. El objetivo del presente estudio fue analizar la relación entre extraversión, optimismo y salud y participación social en personas mayores. La muestra estuvo compuesta por 406 personas mayores (M=74.88, DT= 6.75) que vivían en Granada capital. La extraversión y el optimismo correlacionaban positivamente con el estado percibido de salud y con la participación social y negativamente con el número de enfermedades. La asociación entre personalidad y participación social eran más fuerte que la asociación entre personalidad y salud. El presente estudio destaca la importancia de la personalidad para la salud y la participación social de las personas mayores por tanto es relevante tener en cuenta la personalidad en los modelos de envejecimiento activo.

  • English

    Health and social participation are two fundamental pillars of active aging thus it is important to understand variables that might affect them. The aim of this study was to analyze the relationship between extraversion, optimism, health status and social participation. The sample comprised 406 community-dwelling older adults (M=74.88, SD= 6.75) from urban areas of Granada. It was found that extraversion and optimism positively correlated with perceived health status and with social participation and negatively correlated with number of illnesses. The association between personality  and social participation was stronger than the one between personality and health. This study highlights the relevance that personality has for older adults’ health and social participation thus it is important to consider personality in active aging models.

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