Open AccessPersonality and Hearing Acuity: Evidence From the Health and Retirement Study and the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing
Author(s) -
Yannick Stéphan,
Angelina R. Sutin,
Pauline Caille,
Antonio Terracciano
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
psychosomatic medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.62
H-Index - 187
eISSN - 1534-7796
pISSN - 0033-3174
DOI - 10.1097/psy.0000000000000734
Subject(s) - conscientiousness , neuroticism , longitudinal study , personality , openness to experience , big five personality traits , psychology , ageing , extraversion and introversion , clinical psychology , gerontology , audiology , medicine , demography , social psychology , pathology , sociology
Several determinants of age-related hearing impairment have been identified, but little is known about the predictive value of psychological factors. The present study examined whether five-factor model personality traits are prospectively associated with hearing acuity in middle-aged and older adults.