Personality Traits in College Students and Caregiving for a Relative with a Chronic Health Condition
Document Type
Article
Original Publication Date
2016
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Journal of Aging Research
Volume
2016
Issue
2016
DOI of Original Publication
10.1155/2016/3650927
Date of Submission
October 2016
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate among college students the relationship between personality traits and willingness to care for a relative with a chronic health condition. 329 undergraduate students completed an online questionnaire. Hierarchical multiple regressions found that after controlling for demographics personality traits explained 10% of the variance in willingness to provide emotional care, 7% in instrumental care, and 7% in nursing care. Within these models, greater empathy was uniquely associated with willingness to provide emotional, instrumental, and nursing care for a family member in the future. Similarly, participants with high agreeableness were more willing to provide emotional care, and participant older age was a unique predictor of instrumental care. The results can help shape research on interventions that incorporate perspective taking, motivational interviewing, and training in life skills as a means of boosting college students’ willingness to provide care for a relative with a chronic health condition.
Rights
Copyright © 2016 Michael A. Trujillo et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Is Part Of
VCU Psychology Publications
Comments
Originally published at https://www.hindawi.com/journals/jar/2016/3650927/