title: Health behaviour mediates the relationship between Type D personality and subjective health in the general population.
abstract: Type D personality is associated with unhealthy behaviour and poor subjective health in the general population. This study investigated whether health behaviour mediates the relationship between Type D and subjective health. There were 217 participants who completed measures of Type D, health-related behaviour, physical symptoms and quality of life. Type D individuals reported significantly less healthy behaviour and significantly poorer subjective health than non-Type Ds. In addition, it was found that health behaviour partially mediates these relationships. The study demonstrates that health behaviour may partly explain the relationship between Type D and poor health outcomes.
authors.affiliation: University of the West of Scotland, UK lynn.williams@uws.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Lynn
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.affiliation: University of the West of Scotland, UK.
authors.forename: Clare
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Abbott
authors.affiliation: University of the West of Scotland, UK.
authors.forename: Rebecca
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kerr
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010551:Personality; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D064415:Type D Personality; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Type D personality; health behaviour; health psychology; mediator; quality of life