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Personality, self-rated health, and subjective age in a life-span sample: The moderating role of chronological age.

Year: 2012

Type: article

Abstract: The present study tested whether chronological age moderates the association between subjective age and self-rated health and personality in a community-dwelling life-span sample (N = 1,016; age range: 18-91 years). Self-rated health, extraversion, and openness to experience were associated with a younger subjective age at older ages. Conscientious individuals felt more mature early in life. Conscientiousness, neuroticism, and agreeableness were not related to subjective age at older ages. These findings suggest that with aging self-rated health and personality traits are increasingly important for subjective age.

Source: Psychology and Aging

DOI: 10.1037/a0028301

Authors: Yannick Stephan, Virginie Demulier, Antonio Terracciano

Institutions: Sport et environnement social, Complexité, Innovation et Activités Motrices et Sportives, National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Aging

Language: English

Topic: Aging and Gerontology Research

Subfield: Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Aging