Personalidad y percepción de autoeficacia : influencia sobre el bienestar y el afrontamiento de los problemas de salud

Abstract

This investigation examined the role that personality and psychosocial factors play in\rrelation to health outcomes (well-being, satisfaction and preventive behaviours), and\rcoping with health problems. One hundred and seventy three participants completed\rmeasures of the Big Factors, Generalized Self-Efficacy (GSE) and Perceived Health\rCompetence (PHC), along with health outcomes and coping. Results showed that traits\rwere more connected to satisfaction, whereas GSE and PHC were linked most strongly\rwith preventive behaviours and well-being, respectively. Furthermore traits accounted\rfor a higher variance in instrumental and emotional coping, in comparison to GSE\rand PHC. Nevertheless PHC was the main predictor of these two kinds of coping. These\rfindings suggest that the consideration of personality dimensions and psychosocial\rfactors in tándem allows to clarify their predictive utility in the health domain.