Role of personality traits in healthy ageing

Datos Bibliográficos

ID11177828
AutoresChristian Hakulinen (0000-0001-8629-9960, Helsingin Yliopisto, Helsinki, Finland, autor de correspondencia)
Año2020
Volumen74
Número10
Páginas769-769
Fecha de publicación2020-10-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Epidemiology and Community Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0143-005X • E-ISSN: 1470-2738
EditorialBMJ (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1136/jech-2020-214469
PMID32759287
OpenAlexW3047392748
IdiomaEN
Referencias citadas11

The role of personality in health has been under speculation for decades. The rise of coherent theories of personality and the inclusion of modern personality trait measures in large-scale epidemiological studies has only rather recently enabled to examine this question profoundly. Numerous studies have shown that from the five major personality traits, conscientiousness—describing individual differences, for example, in self-regulation, orderliness and carefulness—has emerged as maybe the most important personality factor in lifespan health with low consciousness being associated with a wide range of measures of health and well-being,1 including reduced life expectancy.2 This has sparked several calls highlighting the policy relevance of personality traits.3 4 However, personality traits are typically not included in health guidelines, and the potential causality between personality traits and health outcomes has remained inconclusive. The study by Singh-Manoux et al 5 makes an important contribution

16PF Questionnaire · Alternative five model of personality · Big Five personality traits · Big Five personality traits and culture · Conscientiousness · Developmental psychology · Extraversion and introversion · Openness to experience · Orderliness · Personality · Trait · Trait theory · Clinical Psychology · Medicine · Optimism, Hope, and Well-being · Personality Disorders and Psychopathology · Personality Traits and Psychology · Psychology · Social Psychology