The relationship between big five personality and quality of life of people with disabilities: The mediating effect of social support

Frontiers in Psychology

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Lin Cai¹  Jiaxin He¹  Yibo Wu²  Xuji Jia³ 

[1] School of Marxism, Sichuan Institute of Industrial Technology;School of Public Health, Peking University;Faculty of Psychology, Tianjin Normal University;Academy of Psychology and Behavior, Tianjin Normal University

关键词: Big Five personality;    Quality of Life;    social support;    People with disabilities;    Ecological Systems Theory;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1061455

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

The quality of life of people with disabilities is of great significance to social stability and development. Increasing the quality of life among the disabled has become a worldwide topic. This study aims to examine the relationship between the big five personality and quality of life and the mediating effects of social support indicators in people with disabilities. A total of 358 people with disabilities (193 women and 165 men) were recruited. The relationships among big five personality, social support, and quality of life were examined using structural equation modeling. The mediating effect of social support on the relationship between neuroticism and the quality of life of people with disabilities was not significant. Social support significantly mediated the relationship between extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, openness, and quality of life. Overall, positive personality traits (extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, openness) in the Big Five Personality of people with disabilities could increase their quality of life by Perceiving social support. But social support could not significantly mediated the relationship between neuroticism and the quality of life of people with disabilities. These new findings suggest that combining individual factors (personality) and environmental factors (social support) can better improve the quality of life of people with disabilities.

【 授权许可】

CC BY