Epidemiological personology: the unifying role of personality in population-based research on problem behaviors.
Epidemiological personology refers to a paradigm in which a developmental perspective on individual differences is paired with a population-based sampling frame to yield insights about the role of personality in consequential social outcomes. We review our work in epidemiological personology, linking personality to diverse, problematic social outcomes: Mental disorders, health-risk behaviors, and violence. We conclude that broad-band personality measurement is both feasible and fruitful in large-scale research on problem behaviors, and we call for increased collaboration between personality psychologists and researchers in fields such as public health, epidemiology, and sociology.
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University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, USA. Robert.Krueger-1@tc.umn.edu
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Moffitt
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D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D011159:Population Surveillance; D012309:Risk-Taking; D014754:Violence / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data