Personality traits and preventive cancer screenings in the Health Retirement Study.

ABSTRACT: The Five-Factor model of personality has been associated with a wide range of health behaviors and health outcomes. However, few studies have examined whether personality traits are related to cancer screening in older adults. The present study investigated the cross-sectional associations between personality traits and the probability of obtaining a recent preventive screening for breast, cervical, prostate, and colorectal cancer. Participants from the Health and Retirement Study (N = 14,394, Mage = 68.14 years, range = 50-102 years, 58.6% female) completed a personality inventory and reported on cancer screenings in the 2010-2012 assessment. Logistic regression models were used to analyze the data, including age, race, ethnicity, gender, education, income, and wealth as covariates. Highe

SUBMITTER: Aschwanden D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6810562 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature