Is change bad? Personality change is associated with poorer psychological health and greater metabolic syndrome in midlife.

ABSTRACT: Personality change is emerging as an important predictor of health and well-being. Extending previous research, we examined whether two types of personality change, directional and absolute, are associated with both subjective and objective indicators of health. Utilizing the longitudinal Midlife in the United States survey (MIDUS) data, we examined whether both types of change over 10 years were associated with psychological well-being, self-reported global health, and the presence of metabolic syndrome (MetS) components and diagnosis. Socially undesirable personality change (e.g., becoming less conscientious and more neurotic) and absolute personality change were independently associated with worse perceived health and well-being at Time 2. Notably, absolute personality change, regardles

SUBMITTER: Human LJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3655908 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature