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ArticleSocial science & medicine (1982)2021

Vital personality scores and healthy aging: Life-course associations and familial transmission.

Jasmin Wertz, Salomon Israel, Louise Arseneault, Daniel W Belsky, Kyle J Bourassa, HonaLee Harrington, Renate Houts, Richie Poulton, Leah S Richmond-Rakerd, Espen Røysamb and 2 more

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Jasmin WertzDepartment of Psychology and Neuroscience, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA. Electronic address: jasmin.wertz@duke.edu.
Salomon IsraelDepartment of Psychology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.
Louise ArseneaultInstitute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK.
Daniel W BelskyMailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, USA.
Kyle J BourassaDepartment of Psychology and Neuroscience, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA; Duke University Medical Center, Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development, USA.
HonaLee HarringtonDepartment of Psychology and Neuroscience, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.
Renate HoutsDepartment of Psychology and Neuroscience, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.
Richie PoultonDunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Research Unit, Department of Psychology, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Leah S Richmond-RakerdDepartment of Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Espen RøysambDepartment of Psychology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway; Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Norway.
Terrie E MoffittDepartment of Psychology and Neuroscience, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA; Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK; Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway; Center for Genomic and Computational Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.
Avshalom CaspiDepartment of Psychology and Neuroscience, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA; Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK; Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway; Center for Genomic and Computational Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.

Funding

Is mental disorder a preventable cause of age-related disease? The Dunedin Study.R01AG032282 · NIA · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI CASPI, AVSHALOM, MOFFITT, TERRIE E · 2009 to 2025
$9.5M
BEHAVIOR AND PHYSIOLOGY IN AGINGT32AG000029 · NIA · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI Maria Marquine · 1985 to 2026
$9.3M
Human Development: Interdisiplinary Research TrainingT32HD007376 · NICHD · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI BELGER, AYSENIL, PROPPER, CATHI BARBRA · 1988 to 2020
$8.0M
Neuropsychological and genomic signatures of violence exposure in childhoodR01HD077482 · NICHD · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI CASPI, AVSHALOM · 2013 to 2018
$2.8M
Medical Research Council G1002190Medical Research Council MR/P005918/1NIA NIH HHS R01 AG032282NIA NIH HHS T32 AG000029NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD077482NICHD NIH HHS T32 HD007376
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Abstract

objectivesPersonality traits are linked with healthy aging, but it is not clear how these associations come to manifest across the life-course and across generations. To study this question, we tested a series of hypotheses about (a) personality-trait prediction of markers of healthy aging across the life-course, (b) developmental origins, stability and change of links between personality and healthy aging across time, and (c) intergenerational transmission of links between personality and healthy aging. For our analyses we used a measure that aggregates the contributions of Big 5 personality traits to healthy aging: a "vital personality" score.

methodsData came from two population-based longitudinal cohort studies, one based in New Zealand and the other in the UK, comprising over 6000 study members across two generations, and spanning an age range from birth to late life.

resultsOur analyses revealed three main findings: first, individuals with higher vital personality scores engaged in fewer health-risk behaviors, aged slower, and lived longer. Second, individuals' vital personality scores were preceded by differences in early-life temperament and were relatively stable across adulthood, but also increased from young adulthood to midlife. Third, individuals with higher vital personality scores had children with similarly vital partners, promoted healthier behaviors in their children, and had children who grew up to have more vital personality scores themselves, for genetic and environmental reasons.

conclusionOur study shows how the health benefits associated with personality accrue throughout the life-course and across generations.

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Healthy AgingAdultAgedChildFemaleHealth BehaviorHumansLongitudinal StudiesParturitionPersonalityPregnancyYoung AdultBig 5HealthLife-courseMortalityPersonality

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PMID34450386
PMCPMC8482063

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