Self-reported and mother-rated personality traits at age 16 are associated with cognitive function measured concurrently and 30 years later.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Models of personality and health suggest that personality contributes to health outcomes across adulthood. Personality traits, such as neuroticism and conscientiousness, have long-term predictive power for cognitive impairment in older adulthood, a critical health outcome. Less is known about whether personality measured earlier in life is also associated with cognition across adulthood prior to dementia.

Methods

Using data from the British Cohort Study 1970 (N = 4218; 58% female), the current research examined the relation between self-reported and mother-rated personality at age 16 and cognitive function concurrently at age 16 and cognitive function measured 30 years later at age 46, and whether these traits mediate the relation between childhood social class an

SUBMITTER: Sutin AR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8435053 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature