The Many Dimensions of Mental Health and Personality: N=13, 626

Individuals are different in a relatively constant pattern of thoughts, feeling, behaviors, which are called personality traits. Mental health is a condition of well-being in which people may reach their full potential and deal effectively with stress, work efficiently, and contribute to their communities. Indeed, the link between personality and mental health as indicated by general health questionnaires (GHQ) has been well-established according to evidence found by decades of research. However, GHQ comprises many questions asking about different dimensions of mental health. It is unclear whether or not these components are associated with dimensions of personality. In this paper, we try to address this question. We replicated the factor structure of GHQ-12 and found that not all components of GHQ-12 are significant predictors of personality. Our study is the first study that used mental health to predict personality and argue against the notion that all subcomponents of mental health are associated with all dimensions of personality.