ArticleThe journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences2013
Personality and physical functioning among older adults: the moderating role of education.
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- Personality and Cognitive Decline in Older Adults: Data From a Longitudinal Sample and Meta-Analysis.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2016Pooled it
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- The Role of Personality in the Mental and Physical Health of World Trade Center Responders: Self- versus Informant-Reports.Clinical psychological science : a journal of the Association for Psychological Science · 2022Article
- Personality Traits and Memory: A Multilevel Analysis Across 27 Countries From the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe.Psychological science · 2021Article
- Importance of Personality for Objective and Subjective-Physical Health in Older Men and Women.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Socioeconomic Status Interacts with Conscientiousness and Neuroticism to Predict Circulating Concentrations of Inflammatory Markers.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2017Article
- Personality traits and chronic disease: implications for adult personality development.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2013Article
- The Relationship Between Maladaptive Personality and Social Role Impairment in Depressed Older Adults in Primary Care.Clinical gerontologistArticle
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Abstract
objectivesDrawing upon a vulnerability model, this study tested whether low educational level would amplify the negative contribution of risky personality traits, such as high neuroticism and low conscientiousness, on older adults physical functioning.
methodFive hundred and thirteen French-speaking community-dwelling older adults aged 60-91 years (mean age = 66.37, SD = 5.32) completed measures of physical functioning, education, personality traits, chronic conditions, and demographic variables.
resultsResults revealed that extraversion and conscientiousness were positively associated with physical functioning, whereas neuroticism was a negative predictor, beyond demographics, chronic conditions, and education. The negative relationship between neuroticism and physical functioning was stronger among individuals with low educational level and was nonsignificant among older people with higher level of education. DISCUSSION: This study is the first to support a vulnerability model, which entails an amplification of neuroticism risk at low education, but a diminishment of neuroticism risk for activity limitations at high education. As a whole, it appears that a focus on either personality or education without taking into account each other provides only a partial account of the predictors of basic daily physical activities in old age.
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