Login / Signup

Personality Change Profiles and Changes in Cognition Among Middle-Aged and Older Adults.

Mirjam StiegerYujun LiuEileen K GrahamJenna DeFranciscoMargie E Lachman
Published in: Journal of research in personality (2021)
Research on the relationship between personality traits and cognitive abilities has primarily used cross-sectional designs and considered personality traits individually in relation to cognitive dimensions. This study ( N = 2,652) examined the relationship between Big Five personality change profiles and change in cognitive factors, episodic memory and executive functioning. Latent profile analysis was used to capture patterns of change across the Big Five traits. Three profiles of personality change were defined: Decreasers , Maintainers, and Increasers . The Decreasers declined more in episodic memory compared to the Increasers and Maintainers . Also, the Decreasers declined more in executive functioning compared to the Increasers, but not the Maintainers . The findings advance our understanding of the links between patterns of personality change and cognitive aging.
Keyphrases
  • working memory
  • cross sectional
  • gene expression
  • machine learning
  • multiple sclerosis
  • genome wide
  • deep learning