Who Looks Forward to Better Health? Personality Factors and Future Self-Rated Health in the Context of XXXX .

@entity625 @entity1295 @entity29 @entity102 @entity8787 @entity663 @entity1314
BACKGROUND: Self-rated health (SRH) is an important predictor of objective health-related outcomes that, according to the Cognitive Process Model of SRH, is influenced by contextual factors (symptoms and @entity1314 ). Although research indicates that @entity1314 contours SRH, less attention has been given to understanding the contributions of @entity1314 to future self-rated health (FSRH) or the contextual factors that play a role in shaping these effects. PURPOSE: The aim of the present study was to extend the theory and research on FSRH by exploring the contributions of @entity1314 , current SRH, and @entity1295 to FSRH in the context of @entity102 , and to test the potential mediating role of optimism for explaining these effects. METHOD: Two @entity102 samples ( @entity625 , N   =   365, and @entity29 , @entity8787 ; N   =   290) completed identical surveys. A hierarchical regression model with age, education, and current health, and @entity1295 entered in the first two steps and traits entered in the last step, tested the effects of @entity1314 on FSRH. Mediation analyses controlling for contextual variables tested the explanatory role of optimism. RESULTS: Fatigue was a significant contributor to FSRH accounting for 11  % of the variance in the @entity625 sample and 17  % in the @entity8787 sample over the demographic variables. Both Agreeableness and @entity663 accounted for additional significant but modest variance in FSRH (4  %); Agreeableness was associated with higher FSRH, whereas @entity663 was associated with lower FSRH. For both traits, optimism fully explained the associations with FSRH. CONCLUSION: After accounting for the influence of @entity1295 and other variables, the contributions of high Agreeableness and low @entity663 to FSRH are modest in the context of @entity102 , and these associations may be explained by optimism.
