We examine how late-life personality development relates to overall morbidity as well as
specific performance-based indicators of physical and cognitive functioning in 1,232 older …

Conceptual and empirical work has long suggested that personality and health are closely
intertwined later in life. Little is known, however, about the nature and direction of time …

Background To date, only a few studies have investigated the association between
personality and functional impairment. Therefore, our purpose was to add to this knowledge …

The present longitudinal study investigates continuity and change in the personality
dimensions of extraversion and neuroticism among the oldest‐old. Overall disease load, self …

Objective: To test whether the onset of functional ability decline in early old age is related to
change in speed of cognitive processing and personality characteristics. Method: Among …

Research on relationships between personality and cognitive abilities has so far resulted in
inconsistent findings regarding the strength of the associations. Moreover, relationships …

We examined longitudinal associations between personality, objective (physician-rated) and
self-rated health over 12 years in two German cohorts (midlife cohort, born 1950/52, n T0 …

Objectives. Drawing upon a vulnerability model, this study tested whether low educational
level would amplify the negative contribution of risky personality traits, such as high …

Personality development is characterized by increasing maturation, that is, people become
more conscientious, agreeable and emotionally stable as they age. In late life, however …

Recent observations that personality traits are related to later–life health and wellbeing have
inspired considerable interest in exploring the mechanisms involved. Other factors, such as …