The effects of socioeconomic status on personality development in adulthood and aging.

ABSTRACT:

Intro

The current study examined the effects of adulthood socioeconomic status (SES) on levels of and changes in the Big Five personality traits domains and nuances in adulthood and during aging. We also tested whether the relations between adulthood SES and personality traits differed by childhood SES and age.

Methods

Data were drawn from three longitudinal studies: the Swedish Adoption/Twin Study of Aging (SATSA, N = 2000), the Midlife in the United States (MIDUS, N = 6428), and the Health and Retirement Study (HRS, N = 23,238).

Results

Using the latent growth models, across samples, we found associations between high SES and low levels of neuroticism and high levels of extraversion, openness, and conscientiousness. The effects of SES on changes in personality trait

SUBMITTER: Luo J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10256837 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature