Personality traits and mental health care utilization: Longitudinal findings from the MIDUS

Ayla J. Goktan; Sara J. Weston; Jing Luo; Eileen K. Graham; Daniel K. Mroczek

doi:10.1016/j.jrp.2022.104260

Personality traits and mental health care utilization: Longitudinal findings from the MIDUS

Ayla J. Goktan^*, Sara J. Weston, Jing Luo, Eileen K. Graham, Daniel K. Mroczek

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Underutilization of mental health services is prevalent in the U.S., and an understanding of utilization patterns can inform interventions to enhance treatment use. The current study investigated longitudinal associations between changes in mental health care utilization (MHCU) and Big Five personality traits. Data included three waves (4,658 adult participants) of the Midlife Development in the United States (MIDUS) study. 1,632 participants provided data at all three waves. Second-order latent growth curve models showed that MHCU level predicted an increase in emotional stability, and emotional stability level predicted a decrease in MHCU. Increases in emotional stability, extraversion, and conscientiousness predicted decreases in MHCU. These results indicate that personality is associated with MHCU over time and may inform interventions to increase MHCU.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	104260
Journal	Journal of Research in Personality
Volume	99
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2022.104260
State	Published - Aug 2022

Keywords

Adult development
Mental health care utilization
Mental illness
Personality change
Personality trait development

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Social Psychology
Psychology(all)

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