Table 1 Current studies on associations of the Big Five personality traits with psychological adjustment and stress since outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Authors | Traits | Risk |
|---|---|---|
Aschwanden et al. [27] | Neuroticism | More concerns |
Fernández et al. [28] | Neuroticism | Psychological distress |
Gubler et al. [29] | Neuroticism | Higher loneliness and lower well-being |
Kroencke et al. [30] | Neuroticism | Higher negative affect and crisis preoccupation |
Liu et al. [32] | Extraversion | Higher stress |
Nikčević et al. [25] | Neuroticism | Higher generalized anxiety and depressive symptoms |
Qian and Yahara [26] | Neuroticism | Higher stress, anxiety, depression, more family-specific concerns |
Extraversion | More family-specific concerns | |
Openness | Higher stress | |
Robillard et al. [5] | Neuroticism | Higher stress |
Extraversion | ||
Conscientiousness | ||
Zacher and Rudolph [31] | Neuroticism | Higher stress |
Extraversion |
Protection | ||
|---|---|---|
Morales-Vives et al. [33] | Extraversion | Better adaptation |
Nikčević et al. [25] | Extraversion | Lower generalized anxiety and depressive symptoms |
Openness | ||
Agreeableness | ||
Conscientiousness | ||
Qian and Yahara [26] | Openness | Less family-specific concerns |
Agreeableness | Lower stress and anxiety | |
Conscientiousness | Lower depression |
