Predicting mental and social health based on personality traits in people recovering ‎from covid-19 disease

The current study aimed to predict mental and social health based on personality traits in people ‎recovering from the covid-19 disease‎‏.‏ The research method was descriptive correlational and statistical population including all rescued people from Covid-19 disease in Tehran hospitals (Masih Daneshvari, Imam Khomeini, Martyrs of Yaftabad, Sina, Shariati, Taleghani, Hazrat Rasool Akram, Haft Tir) Between July and September 2021, four to six months had passed since their discharge from the hospital, from which 150 people were selected by purposive sampling. The research instruments were NEO Personality Traits Questionnaire (NEO), Keys Social Health Questionnaire (KSWBQ), and Goldberg Mental Health Questionnaire (GHQ). The collected data were analyzed using stepwise multiple regression. The results showed that the personality traits of extraversion, agreement, openness, and responsibility have a negative and significant relationship with the mental health of people recovering from covid-19 disease (P <0.01). Also, the personality traits of extroversion, agreement, openness, and responsibility have a positive and significant relationship with the social health of people recovering from covid-19 disease (P <0.01). Other results showed that extraversion, neuroticism, and openness predicted 31.9% of the mental health of people recovering from covid-19 disease (P <0.01), and the scale of openness, agreement, Extraversion, and responsibility predicted 39.3% of the social health of people recovering from covid-19 disease (P <0.01). In general, the results of the current study emphasize the importance of personality traits in predicting the mental and social health of patients recovering from the covid-19 disease.