ArticleJournal of personality2023
Comparing associations between personality and loneliness at midlife across three cultural groups.
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- Revisiting the social frailty index in aging adults: relevance and implications for an emerging construct.GeroScience · 2026Article
- Social asymmetry and physical health in the United States and Japan.Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2025Article
- Psychometric analysis of the three item loneliness scale in the Czech Republic.BMC psychology · 2025Article
- Loneliness, epigenetic age acceleration, and chronic health conditions.Psychology and aging · 2024Article
- Connecting loneliness with pathological personality traits: Evidence for genetic and environmental mediation from a study of older twins.Personality disorders · 2024Article
- Comparing Phenotypic, Genetic, and Environmental Associations between Personality and Loneliness.Journal of research in personality · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectiveLoneliness represents a public health threat given its central role in predicting adverse mental and physical health outcomes. Prior research has established four of the Big Five personality traits as consistent cross-sectional predictors of loneliness in largely western, White samples. However, it is not clear if the personality predictors of loneliness vary across cultures.
methodThe present study estimates associations between the Big Five traits and loneliness across distinct samples of White American, Black American, and Japanese adults (n = 6051 at T1). Confirmatory factor analysis and exploratory structural equation modeling were used to examine measurement invariance properties of the Big Five and loneliness across these groups. The factor structures were then carried forward to estimate associations between personality and loneliness across two assessments waves using structural equation modeling.
resultsWhile Neuroticism was a strong predictor across groups, low Extraversion was more predictive of loneliness in Japan than in the U.S., and low Conscientiousness was only a significant predictor in the U.S.
conclusionsPrevious literature offers a framework for interpreting these findings in that loneliness may be shaped comparatively more through interconnectedness in Japanese culture, while, in the U.S., individual goals and personal romantic expectations are more salient.
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