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Comparisonal Investigation of Personality Traits and Mental Health in Artistic People and Normal People

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

A. Rezanezhadamirdehi
A. Rezanezhadamirdehi*
Affiliation:
Culture & Art, Mazandaran Head Office of Culture and Islamic Guidance, Sari, Iran

Abstract

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Introduction & objectives

The aim of research was comparisonal investigation of personality traits and mental health in people with artistic jobs and without artistic jobs.

Method

The research sample was comprised by 70 people with artistic experiences and jobs such as musician, theatre player, poet, actors, local singer, and 70 people without artistic jobs and experiences. The sample's characteristics were measured by Revised NEO Personality Inventory (FFM PI-R) and Goldberg's general health questionnaire (GHQ). Data were analyzed with T independent test.

Results

Findings showed significant differences between variables. People with artistic experiences and jobs were more extroverted, agreeable and conscientiousness in personality traits and were low in components of mental illness than people without artistic jobs and experiences.

Conclusion

Based on results it is concluded that art and its fields such as music, theatre, poem and singing have positive effect on mental health and well-being.

Type
P02-445
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 26 , Issue S2: Abstracts of the 19th European Congress of Psychiatry , March 2011 , pp. 1041
Copyright
Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2011
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