Abstract

CASTRO SOLANO, Alejandro  and  COSENTINO, Alejandro César. High Five Model: The High Factors are Associated with Low-Risk of Medical, Mental and Personality Diseases. Rev. psicodebate: psicol. cult. soc. [online]. 2017, vol.17, n.2, pp.69-82. ISSN 24516600.  http://dx.doi.org/https://doi.org/10.18682/pd.v17i2.712.

The High Five Model (HFM; Modelo de los Cinco Altos, MCA, in Spanish) establishes five positive traits of personality: erudition, peace, joviality, honesty, and tenacity, called high factors. A previous study had shown the convergent, discriminating, and structural validity of the HFM. This study aimed to corroborate that the HFM is positively associated with variables related to the physical and mental health of individuals. This study was carried out with a sample of participants from the non-consulting general population. Specifically, the associations between the HFM factors with the Positive Mental Health model, the low risk of medical disease, the absence of psychopathological symptoms and psychopathological personality traits were studied. To that end, two multiple correspondence analyzes were carried out to study the relationships between HFM factors with, on the one hand, Positive Mental Health and the low risk of medical illness, and, on the other hand, indicators of mental disorder or personality. The results showed that, in general terms, high scores on HFM factors are associated with health indicators, and conversely, low scores on those factors are associated with disease indicators. These results contribute to the construct validity of the HFM

Keywords : personality traits; well-being; psychopathology; personality disorders; medical diagnosis; test validity.

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