Cross-sectional age differences in personality among medicare patients aged 65 to 100

Alexander Weiss; Paul T. Costa; Paul R. Duberstein; Bruce Friedman; Jurgis Karuza; Robert R. McCrae

doi:10.1037/0882-7974.20.1.182

Cross-sectional age differences in personality among medicare patients aged 65 to 100

Alexander Weiss, Paul T. Costa, Paul R. Duberstein, Bruce Friedman, Jurgis Karuza, Robert R. McCrae

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1,084 older Medicare recipients were orally administered the NEO Five-Factor Inventory (NEO-FFI; P. T. Costa & R. R. McCrae, 1992). Participants were assigned to groups based on gender and age (65-79 or 80-100). An analysis of covariance showed that women had significantly higher Neuroticism, Openness, and Agreeableness scores; that older participants were significantly higher in Agreeableness; and that age differences in Agreeableness were significantly greater in men than in women. With the exception of Agreeableness, this study provides no evidence for age differences among those in the last decades of life.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	182-185
Number of pages	4
Journal	Psychology and aging
Volume	20
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1037/0882-7974.20.1.182
State	Published - Mar 2005
Externally published	Yes

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Aging
Geriatrics and Gerontology

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