The role of personality traits in health care utilization
We asked whether Big Five personality traits are associated with using health care over two decades among older U.S. adults, once chronic conditions …
Health and Retirement Study
Evaluating eight-year trajectories for sense of purpose in the health and retirement study
Using three waves of Health and Retirement Study data spanning eight years, we found that sense of purpose declined on average and that the purpose …
The co-development of perceived support and the Big Five in middle and older adulthood
Using data from more than 20,000 older adults in the Health and Retirement Study, we examined how perceived support from children, family, friends, …
Personality Traits Predict the Onset of Disease
In about 6,900 older adults followed for four years, personality traits, most notably conscientiousness, neuroticism, and openness, were associated …
Connecting social environment variables to the onset of major specific health outcomes
We asked whether the social environment predicts which health conditions people develop over the next four years. More positive and less negative …