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ArticleJournal of psychiatric research2024

Personality nuances and risk of dementia: Evidence from two longitudinal studies.

Yannick Stephan, Angelina R Sutin, René Mõttus, Martina Luchetti, Damaris Aschwanden, Antonio Terracciano

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Article in Journal of psychiatric research, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  2. Personality and falls: evidence from three samples.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Yannick StephanEuromov, Univ. Montpellier, Montpellier, France. Electronic address: yannick.stephan@umontpellier.fr.
Angelina R SutinDepartment of Behavioral Sciences and Social Medicine, College of Medicine, Florida State University, USA.
René MõttusDepartment of Psychology, University of Edinburg, UK; Institute of Psychology, University of Tartu, Estonia.
Martina LuchettiDepartment of Behavioral Sciences and Social Medicine, College of Medicine, Florida State University, USA.
Damaris AschwandenCenter for the Interdisciplinary Study of Gerontology and Vulnerability, University of Geneva, Switzerland; Department of Geriatrics, College of Medicine, Florida State University, USA.
Antonio TerraccianoDepartment of Geriatrics, College of Medicine, Florida State University, USA.

Funding

HRS Yrs29-34: Y33 SSA CoFundingU01AG009740 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI Jessica Faul, KENNETH M LANGA · 1990 to 2026
$555.8M
Project-001R01AG017644 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF LONDON INST OF NEUROLOGY · PI Andrew Steptoe · 2000 to 2026
$56.2M
Prenatal and Early Life Antecedents of Personality: An Intergenerational Lifespan ApproachR01AG053297 · NIA · FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY · PI Angelina R Sutin · 2017 to 2026
$4.3M
Personality and Dementia: Mechanisms and TrajectoriesR01AG068093 · NIA · FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY · PI TERRACCIANO, ANTONIO · 2020 to 2024
$3.0M
Prenatal and Early Life Antecedents of Personality: An Intergenerational Lifespan ApproachRF1AG053297 · NIA · FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY · PI SUTIN, ANGELINA R · 2023 to 2023
$2.2M
NIA NIH HHS R01 AG017644NIA NIH HHS R01 AG053297NIA NIH HHS R01 AG068093NIA NIH HHS RF1 AG053297NIA NIH HHS U01 AG009740
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Personality traits are broad constructs composed of nuances, operationalized by personality items, that can provide a more granular understanding of personality associations with health outcomes. This study examined the associations between personality nuances and incident dementia and evaluated whether nuances associations replicate across two samples. Health and Retirement Study (HRS, N = 11,400) participants were assessed in 2006/2008, and the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA, N = 7453) participants were assessed in 2010/2011 on personality and covariates. Dementia incidence was tracked for 14 years in the HRS and 8 years in ELSA. In both HRS and ELSA, higher neuroticism domain and nuances (particularly nervous and worry) were related to a higher risk of incident dementia, whereas higher conscientiousness domain and nuances (particularly responsibility and organization) were associated with a lower risk of dementia. To a lesser extent, higher extraversion (active), openness (broad-minded, curious, and imaginative), and agreeableness (helpful, warm, caring, and sympathetic) nuances were associated with a lower risk of dementia, with replicable effects across the two samples. A poly-nuance score, aggregating the effects of personality items, was associated with an increased risk of incident dementia in the HRS and ELSA, with effect sizes slightly stronger than those of the personality domains. Clinical, behavioral, psychological, and genetic covariates partially accounted for these associations. The present study provides novel and replicable evidence for specific personality characteristics associated with the risk of incident dementia.

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DementiaPersonalityAgedAged, 80 and overFemaleHumansIncidenceLongitudinal StudiesMaleMiddle AgedAgingDementiaNuancesPersonality

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PMID38696946
PMCPMC11770362

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