Vollrath
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Completed research project
| Title / Titel | Personality, coping, and health behavior among university students: A prospective cohort study | ||
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| Summary / Zusammenfassung | A cohort of students was followed from the first through the seventh semester of their studies. The goal was to study whether personality affects mental and bodily well-being, and to what extent mediator variables such as stress, coping, social support, and health behavior explain the potential personality-health relationship. Measures of personality (anger, anger coping, five-factor model, optimism), coping (COPE), stress (hassles), health behavior (smoking, drinking, eating, binge eating), health risk perceptions, emotions (PANAS), and health complaints were included. | ||
| Publications / Publikationen | Vollrath, M. (1998). Smoking, coping, and health behavior among University students. Psychology and Health, 13, 431-441.Vollrath, M., Knoch, D., Cassano, L. (1999). Personality, risky health behavior, and perceived susceptibility to health risks. European Journal of Personality, 13, 39-50.Vollrath, M. (2000). Personality and hassles among university students: A three-year longitudinal study. European Journal of Personality, 14, 199-215 | ||
| Keywords / Suchbegriffe | Personality, stress, coping, health behavior, emotions, health complaints | ||
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| Other links to external web pages | http://www.psych.uzh.ch/sozpsy/personal/vollrath.html | ||
| Funding source(s) / Unterstützt durch |
Universität Zürich (position pursuing an academic career) |
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| Duration of Project / Projektdauer | 1994 to 1997 |