Table 2.
Personality dimensions associated with good and poor perceived health.
| SF-36 item | Perceived health | Neuroticism M (SD) |
Extraversion M (SD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| “I seem to get sick a little easier than other people” | Good (n = 107) | 16.8 (5.39) | 28.1 (5.34) |
| Poor (n = 5) | 20.0 (5.57) | 27.2 (6.14) | |
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| “I am as healthy as anybody I know” | Good (n = 88) | 16.9 (5.23) | 28.4 (4.73) |
| Poor (n = 24) | 16.9 (6.19) | 27.1 (7.23) | |
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| “I expect my health to get worse” | Good (n = 99) | 17.1 (5.37) | 28.3 (5.44) |
| Poor (n = 13) | 15.6 (5.80) | 26.2 (4.36) | |
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| “My health is excellent” | Good (n = 89) | 16.3 (5.14) | 28.7 (4.76) |
| Poor (n = 23) | 19.1 (6.00) | 25.9 (6.86) | |
Note. Perceived health responses were dichotomized.