Evaluations of a Previous Day as a Pathway Between Personality and Healthy Cognitive Aging.

ABSTRACT: Objective: To examine the association between Five-Factor Model personality traits and how individuals evaluate a recent day in their lives (yesterday) and whether these evaluations mediate personality and cognitive function over time. Methods: Participants were a subsample from the Health and Retirement Study who completed personality measures in 2008/2010, the day evaluation in 2011, and cognitive tasks in 2012 (N = 3,454). Results: Lower Neuroticism and Higher Extraversion, Openness, Agreeableness, and Conscientiousness were associated with a more engaging day, fewer negative feelings, better subjective health, and less time spent alone. Active engagement and subjective health were associated with cognitive function and mediated the prospective associations b

SUBMITTER: Sutin AR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7011188 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug-Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature