Optimism-pessimism assessed in the 1960s and self-reported health status 30 years later
Optimism-pessimism assessed in the 1960s and self-reported health status 30 years later
复制标题
DOI:
10.4065/77.8.748
复制
发表时间:
2002-08-01
影响因子:
8.9
通讯作者:
Offord, KP
中科院分区:
文献类型:
--
作者:
Maruta, T;Colligan, RC;Offord, KP
Objective: To study the association between explanatory style, using scores from the Optimism-Pessimism (PSM) scale of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI), and self-reported health status, using scores from the 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey (SF36).Patients and Methods: A total of 447 patients who completed the MMPI between 1962 and 1965 as self-referred general medical outpatients and also completed the SF-36 thirty years later compose the current study sample. The associations between the scores on the SF-36 and the MMPI PSM scale were evaluated by analysis of variance and linear regression analysis.Results: Of 447 patients, 101 were classified as optimistic, 272 as mixed, and 74 as pessimistic. Scores on all health concept domains from the SF-36 were significantly poorer in the pessimistic group than in both the optimistic and the mixed group.Conclusion: A pessimistic explanatory style, reflected by higher PSM scale scores, was significantly associated with a self-report of poorer physical and mental functioning on the SF-36 30 years later.