Personality predicts self-rated health: considering age differences
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Author(s)
Kang, Weixi
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Self-rated health (SRH) refers to the subjective evaluation of one’s own health. Big Five personality traits including Neuroticism, Agreeableness, Openness, Conscientiousness, and Extraversion have been consistently found as significant predictors of SRH. In addition, SRH declines with age, and personality traits change with age. Thus, it is reasonable to speculate that age might moderate the associations between personality traits and SRH. The current study analyzed data from 33,256 participants with a mean age of 45.78 years old and 55.92% females. The current study found that age significantly moderates the associations between Agreeableness, Openness, and Conscientiousness and SRH after controlling for demographic covariates. The current study implies that personality traits relate to SRH differently at different ages. Thus, studies regarding the associations between personality traits and SRH must take the interactions between age and personality traits into account.
Date Issued
2023-05-02
Date Acceptance
2023-03-30
Citation
Frontiers in Psychology, 2023, 14, pp.1-7
ISSN
1664-1078
Publisher
Frontiers Media S.A.
Start Page
1
End Page
7
Journal / Book Title
Frontiers in Psychology
Volume
14
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Copyright © 2023 Kang. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1143077/full#:~:text=Specifically%2C%20Neuroticism%20was%20negatively%20related,were%20positively%20related%20to%20SRH.
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
1143077
Date Publish Online
2023-05-02