ReviewDevelopmental psychology2014
Personality-informed interventions for healthy aging: conclusions from a National Institute on Aging work group.
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76 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Personality nuances and inflammation: A coordinated analysis of six samples.Psychoneuroendocrinology · 2026Pooled it
- Personality and Risk of Arthritis in Six Longitudinal Samples.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2024Pooled it
- Personality and weight management in adults with type 2 diabetes: A systematic review.Frontiers in clinical diabetes and healthcare · 2022Pooled it
- Cross-sectional and prospective association between personality traits and IADL/ADL limitations.Psychology and aging · 2021Pooled it
- Personality and smoking: individual-participant meta-analysis of nine cohort studies.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2015Pooled it
- Effects of a digital self-control intervention to increase physical activity in middle-aged adults.Journal of health psychology · 2023Trial
- Changing personality traits with the help of a digital personality change intervention.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2021Trial
- Moderators of smoking cessation outcomes in a randomized-controlled trial of varenicline versus placebo.Psychopharmacology · 2017Trial
- Personality traits and physical activity in middle-aged and older adults: a rapid review of evidence and interventions.The Gerontologist · 2026Review
- Personality Traits and Social Isolation in Older Adults.JAMA network open · 2026Article
- Exploring individual differences in volitional personality state and trait change: The role of motivation and engagement during a 12-week intervention.European journal of personality · 2026Article
- Association of the Big Five personality traits with cognitive decline: a 24-week multidomain intervention study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Personality and epigenetic aging: A multi-cohort and multi-clock study.Psychoneuroendocrinology · 2025Article
- Personality nuances and mortality risk: A coordinated analysis of four longitudinal samples.Journal of psychosomatic research · 2025Article
- Self-Efficacy, Self-Management and Use of Smartphone Apps for Low-Back Pain.Pain research & management · 2025Article
- The association of Conscientiousness and Neuroticism on BMI and health behaviours: exploring the impact of Healthy Neuroticism.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Exploring Sense of Purpose and Conscientiousness as Correlates to Health and Well-Being With Indigenous and Low Socioeconomic Communities on Coast Salish Territories, Vancouver, Canada.Canadian journal of behavioural science. Revue canadienne des sciences du comportement · 2024Article
- A bottom-up approach dramatically increases the predictability of body mass from personality traits.PloS one · 2024Article
- Personality and Cognition: The Mediating Role of Inflammatory Markers.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2024Article
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Abstract
We describe 2 frameworks in which personality dimensions relevant to health, such as Conscientiousness, can be used to inform interventions designed to promote health aging. First, contemporary data and theory do not suggest that personality is "immutable," but instead focus on questions of who changes, in what way, why, when, and how. In fact, the notion that personality could be changed was part and parcel of many schools of psychotherapy, which suggested that long-term and meaningful change in symptoms could not be achieved without change in relevant aspects of personality. We review intervention research documenting change in personality. On the basis of an integrative view of personality as a complex system, we describe a bottom-up model of change in which interventions to change basic personality processes eventuate in changes at the trait level. A 2nd framework leverages the descriptive and predictive power of personality to tailor individual risk prediction and treatment, as well as refine public health programs, to the relevant dispositional characteristics of the target population. These methods dovetail with, and add a systematic and rigorous psychosocial dimension to, the personalized medicine and patient-centeredness movements in medicine. In addition to improving health through earlier intervention and increased fit between treatments and persons, cost-effectiveness improvements can be realized by more accurate resource allocation. Numerous examples from the personality, health, and aging literature on Conscientiousness and other traits are provided throughout, and we conclude with a series of recommendations for research in these emerging areas.
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