En studie av olika personlighetsdrag och upplevd stressnivå
2021 (Swedish)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE credits
Student thesis
Abstract [sv]
Stress är vanligt förekommande i dagens samhälle, både på jobbet och utanför. Alla upplever dock stress i olika hög grad trots samma förutsättningar och yttre faktorer. Personlighet har visat sig vara en faktor som har betydelse för hur vi människor upplever stress. Syftet med studien var därför att undersöka sambandet mellan personlighetsdrag, med utgångspunkt i Big Five-teorin samt variabeln ärlighet-ödmjukhet, och självupplevd stress.
Studien genomfördes med hjälp av en kvantitativ ansats där en webbaserad enkät med totalt 38 frågor skickades ut genom bekvämlighetsurval. Totalt deltog 238 personer i studien (M=40 år, SD=13.7, åldersspann 20-81), varav 145 var kvinnor och 70 män. För att formulera frågor om personlighet och stress användes mätinstrumenten MINI-IPIP6 och PSS-10 som besvarades genom självskattningsskalor.
Data analyserades genom korrelationsanalys samt en regressionsanalys där resultatet visade att neuroticism var det personlighetsdrag som starkast kunde predicera upplevd stress, samt att extraversion och stress uppvisade en negativ korrelation. Resultatet visade även att kvinnor upplever stress i mycket högre grad än män. En slutsats är att de personlighetsdrag som studien belyser kan predicera självupplevd stress i olika hög grad.
Abstract [en]
Stress is common in today's society, both at work and in everyday life. However, everyone experiences stress to varying degrees despite the same conditions and external factors. Personality has been shown to be a factor that is important for how we humans experience stress. The purpose of the study was therefore to investigate the relationship between personality traits, based on the Big Five-theory and the variable honesty-humility, and selfperceived stress. The purpose was also to investigate which personality trait could predict stress to the highest degree and whether there was any difference between men and women.
The study was conducted using a quantitative approach where a web-based questionnaire with a total of 38 questions was sent out through snowball sampling. A total of 238 people participated in the study (M = 40 years, SD = 13.7, age range 20-81), of which 145 were women and 70 men. To formulate questions about personality and stress, the measuring instruments MINI-IPIP6 and PSS-10 were used, which were answered through self-report scales.
Data were analysed through correlation analysis and a regression analysis where the results showed that neuroticism was the personality trait that could most strongly predict perceived stress, and that extraversion and stress showed a negative correlation. The results also showed that women experience stress to a much greater degree than men. One conclusion is that the personality traits that the study highlights can predict self-perceived stress to varying degrees.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2021. , p. 26
Keywords [en]
Stress, Big Five theory, personality, neuroticism
Keywords [sv]
Stress, Big Five-teorin, personlighet, neuroticism
National Category
Psychology
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:hv:diva-16799Local ID: EXM540OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hv-16799DiVA, id: diva2:1581470
Subject / course
Psychology
Educational program
Personalvetarprogrammet
Supervisors
Examiners
2021-08-102021-07-212021-08-10Bibliographically approved