title: Emotion awareness, mood and personality as predictors of somatic complaints in children and adults.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The relationships among somatic complaints, emotion awareness and mood have been observed in late childhood and adolescence, but very few studies have been carried out in adult populations like this work. This study also incorporates personality dimensions that can exacerbate or reduce the emergence of somatic complaints. Therefore, the aim of this study is to analyse the combined contribution of emotion awareness, mood, and personality to healthy children and adults&rsquo; somatic complaints.
  
  
  METHODS
  Self-reported questionnaires about emotion awareness, mood, personality, and somatic complaints were administered to 1,476 children (7-14 years old) and 479 adults (27-56 years old).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Emotion awareness and mood were the strongest predictors of somatic complaints (&Delta;R 2 = .32 for children; &Delta;R 2 = .36 for adults), and the contribution of personality dimensions was not so relevant (&Delta;R 2 = .07 for children; &Delta;R 2 = .12 for adults).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Emotional and personality factors must be addressed in health-promotion programmes, tailored differently according to whether they are to be used with children or with adults.
authors: Universitat Jaume I de Castellón.
authors: Lidón
authors: L
authors: Villanueva Badenes
authors: Vicente
authors: V
authors: Prado-Gascó
authors: Remedios
authors: R
authors: González Barrón
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000339:Affect; D002648:Child; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D000071896:Medically Unexplained Symptoms; D008875:Middle Aged; D010551:Personality