TY - JOUR
T1 - Personal adjustment to aging
T2 - Longitudinal prediction from neuroticism and extraversion
AU - Costa, P. T.
AU - McCrae, R. R.
AU - Norris, A. H.
PY - 1981/1/1
Y1 - 1981/1/1
N2 - Personal adjustment to aging as measured by scales from the Chicago Attitude Inventory (CAI) was examined longitudinally in a community-dwelling sample of 557 men aged 17 to 97. Concurrent and predictive relations between this age-appropriate measure of well-being and personality were examined by correlating the CAI variables with three factors from the Guilford-Zimmerman Temperament survey identified as neuroticism, extraversion, and 'thinking introversion'. As hypothesized, Neuroticism was related negatively and Extraversion was related positively to most concurrent measures of well-being in both younger and older subsamples. 'Thinking Introversion' was related only to positive attitudes toward religion. Predictive correlations between personality and subjective well-being over two-to-ten (M = 5.3) and ten-to-seventeen (M = 12.6) year intervals confirmed earlier research, and showed that enduring personality dispositions antedate and predict measures of personal adjustment to aging.
AB - Personal adjustment to aging as measured by scales from the Chicago Attitude Inventory (CAI) was examined longitudinally in a community-dwelling sample of 557 men aged 17 to 97. Concurrent and predictive relations between this age-appropriate measure of well-being and personality were examined by correlating the CAI variables with three factors from the Guilford-Zimmerman Temperament survey identified as neuroticism, extraversion, and 'thinking introversion'. As hypothesized, Neuroticism was related negatively and Extraversion was related positively to most concurrent measures of well-being in both younger and older subsamples. 'Thinking Introversion' was related only to positive attitudes toward religion. Predictive correlations between personality and subjective well-being over two-to-ten (M = 5.3) and ten-to-seventeen (M = 12.6) year intervals confirmed earlier research, and showed that enduring personality dispositions antedate and predict measures of personal adjustment to aging.
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U2 - 10.1093/geronj/36.1.78
DO - 10.1093/geronj/36.1.78
M3 - Article
C2 - 7451842
AN - SCOPUS:0019457334
SN - 0022-1422
VL - 36
SP - 78
EP - 85
JO - Journals of Gerontology
JF - Journals of Gerontology
IS - 1
ER -