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Trial reportJournal of personality2023

Mental health trajectories after juridical divorce: Does personality matter?

Gert Martin Hald, Cathrine Lawaetz Wimmelmann, Camilla S Øverup, Ana Cipric, Søren Sander, Jenna Marie Strizzi

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Journal of personality, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Gert Martin HaldDepartment of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Cathrine Lawaetz WimmelmannDepartment of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Camilla S ØverupDepartment of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0002-5557-2597
Ana CipricDepartment of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Søren SanderDepartment of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Jenna Marie StrizziDepartment of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionThis study investigated whether the Big Five personality dimensions were associated with mental health trajectories and/or intervention effects of a digital divorce intervention from juridical divorce to 12 months following juridical divorce. The study utilized a randomized controlled trial study design (N = 676) and measured mental health outcomes (anxiety, depression, somatization, and stress) at study inclusion (i.e., at juridical divorce) and 3-, 6-, and 12 months after juridical divorce. Big Five personality dimensions were measured 1 month post study inclusion.

resultsThe study found that neuroticism is the personality dimension most predictive of post-divorce mental health outcomes. Specifically, divorcees with higher neuroticism scores indicated worse mental health immediately following divorce, but their symptom levels decreased more rapidly over a 12 months period after juridical divorce compared with lower neuroticism divorcees. It is also notable that their mean scores for the mental health outcomes remained higher at all time points (3, 6, and 12 months post baseline), relative to those lower in neuroticism.

conclusionFindings are discussed in light of divorce-adjustment-theory and the stress-buffering model.

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DivorceMental HealthAnxietyHumansNeuroticismPersonalityanxietybig five personalitydepressiondivorcesomatizationstress

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PMCPMC10083938

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