Trajectories and Personality Correlates of Change in Perceptions of Physical and Mental Health across Adulthood and Old Age

Autor/inn/en	Morack, Jennifer; Infurna, Frank J.; Ram, Nilam; Gerstorf, Denis
Titel	Trajectories and Personality Correlates of Change in Perceptions of Physical and Mental Health across Adulthood and Old Age
Quelle	In: International Journal of Behavioral Development, 37 (2013) 6, S.475-484 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0165-0254
DOI	10.1177/0165025413492605
Schlagwörter	Physical Health; Mental Health; Prediction; Age Differences; Correlation; Foreign Countries; Older Adults; Neurosis; Aging (Individuals); Longitudinal Studies; Extraversion Introversion; Well Being; Measures (Individuals); Personality Traits; Gender Differences; Models; Attitude Change; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Gesundheitszustand; Psychohygiene; Vorhersage; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Korrelation; Ausland; Älterer Erwachsener; Neurose; Aging; Altern; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Messdaten; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Geschlechterkonflikt; Analogiemodell; Attitudinal change; Einstellungsänderung; Australien
Abstract	Subjective health is known to predict later outcomes, including survival. However, less is known about subjective health changes across adulthood, how personality moderates those changes, and whether such associations differ with age. We applied growth models to 10 waves of data from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey (HILDA, N = 7,172; median ages 20-93) to examine age-related differences in trajectories of subjective physical and mental health. On average, perceptions of physical health declined with increasing steepness in old age, whereas self-rated mental health remained relatively stable across all ages. Higher neuroticism and lower extraversion and conscientiousness were each related to less successful aging. The health implications of personality did not differ by age for physical health, but were weaker for mental health in old age. We discuss implications of our results for accelerated longitudinal designs and consider avenues for future more mechanism-oriented research. (As Provided).
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