SynthesisPsychology and aging2021
Cross-sectional and prospective association between personality traits and IADL/ADL limitations.
Synthesis in Psychology and aging, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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16 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 27 citations in OpenAlex.
- Personality traits and polypharmacy: meta-analysis of five samples.Psychology & health · 2025Pooled it
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- Five-factor model personality traits and grip strength: Meta-analysis of seven studies.Journal of psychosomatic research · 2022Pooled it
- Personality and fatigue: meta-analysis of seven prospective studies.Scientific reports · 2022Pooled it
- Personality and subjective age: Evidence from six samples.Psychology and aging · 2022Pooled it
- Accelerated multimorbidity in early adulthood and long-term functional disability in later life: a life-course epidemiological study.International journal for equity in health · 2026Article
- Dimensions of Self-Perceived Functionality in Older Adults Based on the Brazilian National Health Survey.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Personality and falls: evidence from three samples.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2025Article
- Daily activity limitations and fall risk among older Chinese adults with arthritis: Exploring contributing factors.Preventive medicine reports · 2025Article
- Personality traits and social frailty in older adults: exploring the mediating effect of perceived loneliness.Frontiers in public health · 2025Observational
- Association between personality traits and concerns about falling among older patients: the mediating role of subjective age.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Personality traits and the risk of sensory impairment: Evidence from the National Health and Aging Trends Study.Journal of psychosomatic research · 2023Article
- Personality and aging-related immune phenotype.Psychoneuroendocrinology · 2023Article
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- Facets of Personality and Risk of Cognitive Impairment: Longitudinal Findings in a Rural Community from Sardinia.Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD · 2022Article
- Correlates of subjective and objective everyday functioning in middle-aged and older adults with human immunodeficiency virus.Applied neuropsychology. AdultArticle
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5 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
Prior research has shown that personality traits are associated with activities of daily living (ADLs) and instrumental ADLs (IADLs). To advance research on the psychological factors related to aging-related functional limitations, this study examined the relation between personality traits and both concurrent and incident functional limitations, tested whether these associations are similar across IADLs and ADLs, and tested potential mediators of these associations. Participants were drawn from eight longitudinal samples from the U.S., England, and Japan. Participants provided data on demographic variables, the five major personality traits, and on the Katz ADL-scale and Lawton IADL-scales. IADL/ADL limitations were assessed again 3-18 years later. A consistent pattern of associations was found between personality traits and functional limitations, with associations slightly stronger for IADLs than ADLs, and robust across samples that used different measures and from different cultural contexts. The meta-analysis indicated that higher neuroticism was related to a higher likelihood of concurrent and incident IADL/ADL limitations, and higher conscientiousness, extraversion, and openness were associated with lower risk. Higher agreeableness was associated with lower risk of concurrent IADL/ADL, but unrelated to incident limitations. Physical activity, disease burden, depressive symptoms, self-rated health, handgrip strength, falls, and smoking status mediated the relation between personality traits and incident IADL/ADL limitations. The present study indicates that personality traits are risk factors for both IADL and ADL limitations across multiple national cohorts, identifies potential mediators, and informs conceptual models on psychological risk factors for functional decline. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved).
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