Cargando…

Personality profiles and meteoropathy intensity: A comparative study between young and older adults

OBJECTIVES: This study’s main aims were to investigate the Big Five personality trait heterogeneity of study participants in two age groups and to examine whether these traits’ heterogeneity can explain possible individual differences in meteoropathy intensity. METHOD: The sample was comprised of 75...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Rzeszutek, Marcin, Oniszczenko, Włodzimierz, Zalewska, Iwona, Pięta, Małgorzata
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2020
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7676684/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33211697
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0241817
_version_ 1783611822189838336
author Rzeszutek, Marcin
Oniszczenko, Włodzimierz
Zalewska, Iwona
Pięta, Małgorzata
author_facet Rzeszutek, Marcin
Oniszczenko, Włodzimierz
Zalewska, Iwona
Pięta, Małgorzata
author_sort Rzeszutek, Marcin
collection PubMed
description OBJECTIVES: This study’s main aims were to investigate the Big Five personality trait heterogeneity of study participants in two age groups and to examine whether these traits’ heterogeneity can explain possible individual differences in meteoropathy intensity. METHOD: The sample was comprised of 758 participants divided into two age groups: 378 young adults (18–30 years old) and 380 older adults (60+ years old). The participants filled out online or paper versions of the METEO-Q questionnaire and the Ten Item Personality Inventory (TIPI). RESULTS: A latent profile analysis of the completed inventories showed various personality profiles differ in meteoropathy intensity. However, personality’s differentiating effect on meteoropathy was observed only among the young adult group. CONCLUSIONS: Our study’s results indicate that there is no one personality trait pattern that fits all individuals regarding sensitivity to weather changes. This issue is especially visible when considering age differences.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-7676684
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2020
publisher Public Library of Science
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-76766842020-12-02 Personality profiles and meteoropathy intensity: A comparative study between young and older adults Rzeszutek, Marcin Oniszczenko, Włodzimierz Zalewska, Iwona Pięta, Małgorzata PLoS One Research Article OBJECTIVES: This study’s main aims were to investigate the Big Five personality trait heterogeneity of study participants in two age groups and to examine whether these traits’ heterogeneity can explain possible individual differences in meteoropathy intensity. METHOD: The sample was comprised of 758 participants divided into two age groups: 378 young adults (18–30 years old) and 380 older adults (60+ years old). The participants filled out online or paper versions of the METEO-Q questionnaire and the Ten Item Personality Inventory (TIPI). RESULTS: A latent profile analysis of the completed inventories showed various personality profiles differ in meteoropathy intensity. However, personality’s differentiating effect on meteoropathy was observed only among the young adult group. CONCLUSIONS: Our study’s results indicate that there is no one personality trait pattern that fits all individuals regarding sensitivity to weather changes. This issue is especially visible when considering age differences. Public Library of Science 2020-11-19 /pmc/articles/PMC7676684/ /pubmed/33211697 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0241817 Text en © 2020 Rzeszutek et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
spellingShingle Research Article
Rzeszutek, Marcin
Oniszczenko, Włodzimierz
Zalewska, Iwona
Pięta, Małgorzata
Personality profiles and meteoropathy intensity: A comparative study between young and older adults
title Personality profiles and meteoropathy intensity: A comparative study between young and older adults
title_full Personality profiles and meteoropathy intensity: A comparative study between young and older adults
title_fullStr Personality profiles and meteoropathy intensity: A comparative study between young and older adults
title_full_unstemmed Personality profiles and meteoropathy intensity: A comparative study between young and older adults
title_short Personality profiles and meteoropathy intensity: A comparative study between young and older adults
title_sort personality profiles and meteoropathy intensity: a comparative study between young and older adults
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7676684/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33211697
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0241817
work_keys_str_mv AT rzeszutekmarcin personalityprofilesandmeteoropathyintensityacomparativestudybetweenyoungandolderadults
AT oniszczenkowłodzimierz personalityprofilesandmeteoropathyintensityacomparativestudybetweenyoungandolderadults
AT zalewskaiwona personalityprofilesandmeteoropathyintensityacomparativestudybetweenyoungandolderadults
AT pietamałgorzata personalityprofilesandmeteoropathyintensityacomparativestudybetweenyoungandolderadults