Open AccessTrajectories of racial and gender health disparities during later midlife: Connections to personality.
Author(s) -
Juliette McClendon,
Joshua J. Jackson,
Ryan Bogdan,
Thomas F. Oltmanns
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
cultural diversity and ethnic minority psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.049
H-Index - 77
eISSN - 1939-0106
pISSN - 1099-9809
DOI - 10.1037/cdp0000238
Subject(s) - psychology , personality , big five personality traits , clinical psychology , developmental psychology , social psychology
We examined race/gender effects on initial levels and trajectories of self-reported physical and mental health, as well as the moderating role of personality. We hypothesized that health disparities would remain stable or decrease over time, and that at-risk personality traits (e.g., neuroticism) would have a more robust negative impact on health for Black participants.