Associations Between Personality Traits and Cognitive Resilience in Older Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The goal of this paper was to examine associations between personality traits and resilience to neuropathologic burden.

Method

Using data from the Religious Orders Study and the Rush Memory and Aging Project, we identified a total of 1,375 participants with personality, cognitive, and post-mortem neuropathology data. We regressed cognition onto pathology and extracted the residuals as an indicator of cognitive resilience. We then modeled the effect of Big Five personality traits on cognitive resilience, adjusting for demographics, APOE status, medical comorbidities, and cognitive activity. The analytic plan was preregistered prior to data access or analysis, and all scripts and outputs are available online.

Results

Higher neuroticism was associated with gre

SUBMITTER: Graham EK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8574296 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature