TY - JOUR
T1 - Five-Factor Personality Traits and Age Trajectories of Self-Rated Health
T2 - The Role of Question Framing
AU - Löckenhoff, Corinna E.
AU - Terracciano, Antonio
AU - Ferrucci, Luigi
AU - Costa, Paul T.
PY - 2012/4
Y1 - 2012/4
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2011.00724.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2011.00724.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 21299558
AN - SCOPUS:84858003253
SN - 0022-3506
VL - 80
SP - 375
EP - 401
JO - Journal of personality
JF - Journal of personality
IS - 2
ER -