The Relationship Between Personality and Self-Management Behavior in Chinese Young and Middle-Aged People with Chronic Illness: The Chain Mediating Role of Family Health and Health Literacy
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Summary
This summary is machine-generated.Personality traits, family health, and health literacy significantly impact chronic disease self-management. Understanding these complex pathways is crucial for improving patient outcomes and management strategies.
Area Of Science
- Behavioral Science
- Health Psychology
- Medical Sociology
Background
- Chronic disease self-management is a complex process influenced by multiple factors.
- While personality traits, family health, and health literacy are recognized influences, their intricate relationships and pathways in self-management remain underexplored.
- This study addresses the need for deeper insights into these interconnected factors.
Purpose Of The Study
- To investigate the direct and indirect relationships among personality traits, family health, health literacy, and chronic disease self-management.
- To elucidate the mediating roles of family health and health literacy in the association between personality traits and self-management.
- To provide evidence-based insights for enhancing chronic disease management strategies.
Main Methods
- A national cross-sectional survey was conducted in 2021 involving 1063 young and middle-aged adults (19-59 years) with chronic diseases.
- Structural equation modeling (SEM) was employed to analyze the complex path relationships between the study variables.
- Statistical analyses examined direct, indirect, and chain mediation effects.
Main Results
- Agreeableness showed a direct negative association with self-management outcomes.
- Family health exerted a negative influence on self-management across various personality traits, acting as a mediator.
- Family health positively influenced health literacy, which in turn positively impacted self-management. Health literacy also independently mediated the relationship between extraversion/openness and self-management.
Conclusions
- Personality traits influence chronic disease self-management through direct and indirect pathways involving family health and health literacy.
- Family health presents a complex, dual role in self-management, potentially hindering it directly but fostering it indirectly via health literacy.
- Future interventions should integrate assessments of personality, family dynamics, and health literacy to optimize chronic disease self-management.
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