Personality and Dementia Risk in England and Australia
GeroPsych (Bern). 2020 Dec;33(4):197-208. doi: 10.1024/1662-9647/a000241. Epub 2020 Jul 8.ABSTRACTEvidence for the relation between personality and dementia risk comes mainly from American samples. We tested whether personality-dementia links extend to populations from England and Australia. Data from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA; N = 6,887; Follow-up mean: 5.64 years) and the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA; N = 2,778; Follow-up mean: 10.96 years) were analyzed using Cox PH models. In both samples, higher neuroticism was associated with increased dementia risk. In ELSA, lower co...
Source: GeroPsych - July 30, 2021 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Damaris Aschwanden Angelina R Sutin Martina Luchetti Yannick Stephan Antonio Terracciano Source Type: research
