Open AccessSelf-reported and mother-rated personality traits at age 16 are associated with cognitive function measured concurrently and 30 years later
Author(s) -
Angelina R. Sutin,
Yannick Stéphan,
Martina Luchetti,
Damaris Aschwanden,
Amanda A. Sesker,
Páraic S. O’Súilleabháin,
Antonio Terracciano
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
psychological medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.857
H-Index - 209
eISSN - 1469-8978
pISSN - 0033-2917
DOI - 10.1017/s0033291721000672
Subject(s) - personality , conscientiousness , psychology , agreeableness , neuroticism , big five personality traits , cognition , developmental psychology , openness to experience , cognitive decline , clinical psychology , extraversion and introversion , dementia , psychiatry , medicine , social psychology , disease , pathology
Models of personality and health suggest that personality contributes to health outcomes across adulthood. Personality traits, such as neuroticism and conscientiousness, have long-term predictive power for cognitive impairment in older adulthood, a critical health outcome. Less is known about whether personality measured earlier in life is also associated with cognition across adulthood prior to dementia.