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- Title
Five-Factor Personality Traits and Age Trajectories of Self-Rated Health: The Role of Question Framing.
- Authors
Löckenhoff, Corinna E.; Terracciano, Antonio; Ferrucci, Luigi; Costa, Paul T.
- Abstract
We examined the influence of personality traits on mean levels and age trends in 4 single-item measures of self-rated health: general rating, comparison to age peers, comparison to past health, and expectations for future health. Community-dwelling participants ( N = 1,683) completed 7,474 self-rated health assessments over a period of up to 19 years. In hierarchical linear modeling analyses, age-associated declines differed across the 4 health items. Across age groups, high Neuroticism and low Conscientiousness, low Extraversion, and low Openness were associated with worse health ratings, with notable differences across the 4 health items. Furthermore, high Neuroticism predicted steeper declines in health ratings involving temporal comparisons. We consider theoretical implications regarding the mechanisms behind associations among personality traits and self-rated health.
- Subjects
PERSONALITY studies; MEDICAL self-examination; FIVE-factor model of personality; NEUROTICISM; EXTRAVERSION; HEALTH surveys; SELF-perception testing
- Publication
Journal of Personality, 2012, Vol 80, Issue 2, p375
- ISSN
0022-3506
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1467-6494.2011.00724.x