SynthesisJournal of psychosomatic research2022
Five-factor model personality traits and grip strength: Meta-analysis of seven studies.
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- Sugar-sweetened beverages, relative grip strength, and psychological symptoms among rural adolescents in western China: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
- Personality and Cognition: The Mediating Role of Inflammatory Markers.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2024Article
- Association between personality traits and concerns about falling among older patients: the mediating role of subjective age.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Personality traits and the risk of sensory impairment: Evidence from the National Health and Aging Trends Study.Journal of psychosomatic research · 2023Article
- Dual trajectory of sleep and frail in elderly people.Zhong nan da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Central South University. Medical sciences · 2023Article
- Measures of physical performance as mediators between personality and cognition in two prospective studies.Archives of gerontology and geriatrics · 2023Article
- Influencing factors of weak grip strength and fall: a study based on the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS).BMC public health · 2022Article
- The relationship between personality traits and Alzheimer's disease: a narrative review.Frontiers in neurologyReview
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Abstract
objectiveTo examine the association between Five-Factor Model personality traits and grip strength.
methodAdults aged 16 to 104 years old (N > 40,000) were from the Health and Retirement Study, the Midlife in the United States Study, The English Longitudinal Study of Aging, the National Health and Aging Trends Survey, the United Kingdom Household Longitudinal Study, and the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study graduate and sibling samples. Participants had data on personality traits, demographic factors, grip strength, and mediators such as depressive symptoms, physical activity, body mass index (BMI), and c-reactive protein (CRP).
resultsAcross all samples and a meta-analysis, higher neuroticism was related to lower grip strength (meta-analytic estimate: -0.07, 95%CI: -0.075; -0.056). Higher extraversion (0.04, 95%CI: 0.022; 0.060), openness (0.05, 95%CI: 0.032; 0.062), and conscientiousness (0.05, 95%CI: 0.04; 0.065) were associated with higher grip strength across most samples and the meta-analysis. Depressive symptoms were the most consistent mediators between neuroticism and grip strength. Depressive symptoms and physical activity partly mediated the associations with extraversion, openness, and conscientiousness. Lower CRP partly mediated the association with conscientiousness. Sex moderated the associations for extraversion, openness, and conscientiousness, with stronger associations among males. Age moderated the neuroticism association, with stronger associations among younger individuals.
conclusionThis study provides replicable evidence that personality is related to grip strength and identifies potential moderators and mediators of these associations. Overall, higher neuroticism is a risk factor for low grip strength, whereas high extraversion, openness, and conscientiousness may be protective.
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