APS
29th APS Annual Convention · 2017
Personality and Subjective Aging: Do They Both Predict Health?
- Elizabeth Morris
University of Michigan - Jacqui Smith
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Abstract
Subjective aging and personality have both been shown to predict cognitive and physical health outcomes in older adults. This study examined whether conscientiousness, neuroticism, openness, felt age, and attitudes towards own aging differentially predict number of chronic conditions, functional limitations, and memory in adults over age 50.
Personality