Personality and risk for Alzheimer's disease in adults 72 years of age and older: a 6-year follow-up.

ABSTRACT: [Correction Notice: An erratum for this article was reported in Vol 26(2) of Psychology and Aging (see record 2011-05802-001). This article contains an error in the Discussion, under the Implications, Caveats, Future Directions heading. The third paragraph includes the sentences that should have been removed. The corrected paragraph appears in the correction.] We conducted secondary analyses to determine the relationship between longstanding personality traits and risk for Alzheimer's disease (AD) among 767 participants 72 years of age or older who were followed for more than 6 years. Personality was assessed with the NEO-FFI. We hypothesized that elevated Neuroticism, lower Openness, and lower Conscientiousness would be independently associated with risk of AD. Hypotheses were supported.

SUBMITTER: Duberstein PR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3115437 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature