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Epidemiological personology: the unifying role of personality in population-based research on problem behaviors
R F Krueger1, A Caspi, T E Moffitt
1University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, USA. Robert.Krueger-1@tc.umn.edu
Abstract:
Epidemiological personology refers to a paradigm in which a developmental perspective on individual differences is paired with a population-based sampling frame to yield insights about the role of personality in consequential social outcomes. We review our work in epidemiological personology, linking personality to diverse, problematic social outcomes: Mental disorders, health-risk behaviors, and violence. We conclude that broad-band personality measurement is both feasible and fruitful in large-scale research on problem behaviors, and we call for increased collaboration between personality psychologists and researchers in fields such as public health, epidemiology, and sociology.
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