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Type D Personality and Health Behaviors in People Living with Obesity

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  • Marta Buczkowska

    (Department of Toxicology and Health Protection, Faculty of Health Sciences in Bytom, Medical University of Silesia, 41-902 Katowice, Poland)

  • Michał Górski

    (Doctoral School of the Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Faculty of Health Sciences in Bytom, Medical University of Silesia, 40-055 Katowice, Poland)

  • Joanna Domagalska

    (Department of Environmental Health, Faculty of Health Sciences in Bytom, Medical University of Silesia, 41-902 Katowice, Poland)

  • Krzysztof Buczkowski

    (Department of General and Oncological Surgery, City Hospital, 41-100 Siemianowice Slaskie, Poland)

  • Przemysław Nowak

    (Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Opole, 45-052 Opole, Poland)

Abstract

Background: Considering that health behaviors and personality traits play an important role in the formation of health attitudes, the main objective of this study was to evaluate the relations that occur between type D personality and health behaviors in a group of obese patients. Methods: 443 adult patients with BMI ≥ 30 kg/m 2 , who had been hospitalized in selected hospital facilities in the Silesian Voivodeship (Poland), participated in the study. Respondents completed three standardized questionnaires—the Multidimensional Health Locus of Control Scale, version A (MHLC-A), the Inventory of Health Behaviors (IZZ), and the Type D Scale (DS-14). Results: Patients with type D personality were characterized by the least effective mental attitudes and preventive behaviors, and differed significantly from the other personality types (intermediate and non-type D). Type D personality increased the risk of initiating improper health behaviors by more than five times. Regarding the sense of health control, patients with type D personality had significantly lower scores for the Internal Dimension subscale (21.3 ± 3.1) and higher for the Powerful Others Dimension subscale (24.0 ± 2.6), compared to patients with intermediate and non-type D personality. Proper health behaviors correlated with an internal sense of health control; the strongest correlation, defined as a medium, was with Preventive Behaviors (R = 0.42; p < 0.0001). Conclusions: Type D personality was associated with poorer attitudes towards health. Among obese respondents with a type D personality, there was a significantly higher prevalence of those who believed that their health status was a consequence of chance events.

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  • Marta Buczkowska & Michał Górski & Joanna Domagalska & Krzysztof Buczkowski & Przemysław Nowak, 2022. "Type D Personality and Health Behaviors in People Living with Obesity," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(22), pages 1-22, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:19:y:2022:i:22:p:14650-:d:966396
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