ArticlePsychosomatic medicine
Personality and Hearing Acuity: Evidence From the Health and Retirement Study and the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing.
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- Hearing loss and psychosocial outcomes: Influences of social emotional aspects and personality.PloS one · 2024Article
- Personality traits and the risk of sensory impairment: Evidence from the National Health and Aging Trends Study.Journal of psychosomatic research · 2023Article
- Association of perception of patient-centered care with hearing loss by race.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2023Article
- Subjective Aging and Objectively Assessed Hearing Function: A Prospective Study of Older Adults.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2022Article
- Sense of Purpose in Life and Markers of Hearing Function: Replicated Associations across Two Longitudinal Cohorts.Gerontology · 2022Article
- Personality captures dissociations of subjective versus objective hearing in noise.Royal Society open science · 2021Article
- Gender Modifies the Association of Cognition With Age-Related Hearing Impairment in the Health and Retirement Study.Frontiers in public health · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectiveSeveral determinants of age-related hearing impairment have been identified, but little is known about the predictive value of psychological factors. The present study examined whether five-factor model personality traits are prospectively associated with hearing acuity in middle-aged and older adults.
methodsParticipants were adults aged 50 to 97 years (N > 10,000) drawn from the Health and Retirement Study (2012-2016) and the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (2010-2014). In each sample, personality, demographic factors, health-related behaviors, body mass index, and memory function were assessed at baseline, and objective hearing acuity was measured 4 years later.
resultsIn both samples, higher conscientiousness and openness were associated with better hearing acuity and lower risk of impairment, whereas neuroticism was associated with a higher risk of hearing impairment. In the Health and Retirement Study and English Longitudinal Study of Ageing, respectively, 1 standard deviation (1-SD) higher conscientiousness, 1-SD higher openness, and 1-SD lower neuroticism were related to 13% to 10%, 8% to 6%, and 10% to 13% lower likelihoods of hearing impairment, respectively. In both samples, additional analyses revealed that physical activity and memory mediated the association between personality and hearing.
conclusionsThe present study provides robust evidence for an association between personality traits and hearing function. The findings broaden knowledge on risk and mitigating factors for age-related hearing impairment, which has implications for the quality of life of middle-aged and older adults.
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