The Role of Personality in the Mental and Physical Health of World Trade Center Responders: Self-Reports Versus Informant-Reports

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• Personal Author:
  Bromet EJ ; Clouston SAP ; Kotov R ; Luft BJ ; Miao J ; Oltmanns JR ; Ruggero C ; Waszczuk M ; Yang Y
• Description:
  Personality is linked to important health outcomes, but most prior studies have relied on self-reports, making it possible that shared-method variance explains the associations. In the present study, we examined self-reports versus informant-reports of personality and multimethod outcomes. World Trade Center (WTC) responders and informants, 283 pairs, completed five-factor model personality measures and multimethod assessments of stressful events, functioning, mental disorders, 9/11-related treatment costs, body mass index (BMI), and daily activity across 3 years. Self-reports were uniquely related to stressful events and functioning. Both self-reports and informant-reports showed incremental validity over one another for mental disorder diagnoses and treatment costs. For objective outcomes daily activity and BMI, informant-reports showed incremental validity over self-reports, accounting for all self-report variance and more. The findings suggest that informant-reports of personality provide better validity for objective health outcomes, which has implications for understanding personality and its role in mental and physical health. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Emergency Responders Mental Health Nervous System Occupational Health Safety September 11 Terrorist Attacks
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Personality BMI Body Mass Index Daily Activity Emergency Responders First Responders Health-care Utilization Informant-reports Mental Health Mental Illness Personality Traits Physical Fitness Stress World Trade Center World Trade Center Responders WTC

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• ISSN:
  2167-7026
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Illinois ; New York ; OSHA Region 2 ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 6 ; Texas
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  11
• Issue:
  6
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20066430
• Citation:
  Clin Psychol Sci 2023 Nov; 11(6):1075-1089
• Contact Point Address:
  Joshua R. Oltmanns, 308 Elet Hall, School of Psychology, Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH, 45207
• Email:
  oltmannsj@xavier.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2024
• Performing Organization:
  State University of New York - Stony Brook
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20160901
• Source Full Name:
  Clinical Psychological Science
• End Date:
  20210831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:3cf8d09586f4badebefb7e7975bd50d02e0eb2baf0e0213ba932ee179edc0a855319643f12fda11acd39b38bc57b64002f58e99391a21918333c363cca08535c
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/212859/cdc_212859_DS1.pdf
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