https://sarajweston.com/tags/health-and-retirement-study/Recent content in Health and Retirement Study on Sara WestonHugoen-usMon, 01 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://sarajweston.com/publication/weston-role-2024/Fri, 08 Aug 2025 04:41:45 +0000https://sarajweston.com/publication/weston-role-2024/We asked whether Big Five personality traits are associated with using health care over two decades among older U.S. adults, once chronic conditions and self-rated health are taken into account.https://sarajweston.com/publication/hill-evaluating-2019/Tue, 01 Jan 2019 00:00:00 +0000https://sarajweston.com/publication/hill-evaluating-2019/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 scale did not work the same way for working and retired adults.https://sarajweston.com/publication/hill-co-development-2018/Mon, 01 Jan 2018 00:00:00 +0000https://sarajweston.com/publication/hill-co-development-2018/Using data from more than 20,000 older adults in the Health and Retirement Study, we examined how perceived support from children, family, friends, and spouses goes along with Big Five personality traits and with changes in those traits over time.https://sarajweston.com/publication/weston-personality-2015/Fri, 08 Aug 2025 04:41:45 +0000https://sarajweston.com/publication/weston-personality-2015/In about 6,900 older adults followed for four years, personality traits, most notably conscientiousness, neuroticism, and openness, were associated with the risk of a new disease diagnosis.https://sarajweston.com/publication/hill-connecting-2014/Wed, 01 Jan 2014 00:00:00 +0000https://sarajweston.com/publication/hill-connecting-2014/We asked whether the social environment predicts which health conditions people develop over the next four years. More positive and less negative support was associated with lower risk for most conditions, but no social measure worked for all of them.