Document Type

Book Chapter

Publication Date

4-25-2025

Keywords

Big Five model, personality types, stress

Disciplines

Developmental Psychology

Abstract

Both stress and personality types are multifaceted topics that have been defined in multiple ways.  Examining the relationship between stress and personality types is complex; however, literature on this relationship is well-established. While early research on the relationship between personality and stress focused on unidimensional personality traits, such as the relationship between stress and Type A personality, optimism, and hostility, research in this field today takes a comprehensive approach conceptualizing personality in five dimensions. The most widely accepted method of defining personality today is the Big Five model, consisting of five independent factors of personality: Extraversion, Neuroticism, Agreeableness, Openness to Experience, and Conscientiousness (Costa & McCrae, 1992).

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