title: Personality, self-rated health, and subjective age in a life-span sample: the moderating role of chronological age.
abstract: The present study tested whether chronological age moderates the association between subjective age and self-rated health and personality in a community-dwelling life-span sample (N = 1,016; age range: 18-91 years). Self-rated health, extraversion, and openness to experience were associated with a younger subjective age at older ages. Conscientious individuals felt more mature early in life. Conscientiousness, neuroticism, and agreeableness were not related to subjective age at older ages. These findings suggest that with aging self-rated health and personality traits are increasingly important for subjective age.
authors.affiliation: Sport et Environnement Social, University of Grenoble 1, Grenoble Cedex 9, France. yannick.stephan@ujf-grenoble.fr
authors.forename: Yannick
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Stephan
authors.forename: Virginie
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Demulier
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Terracciano
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010551:Personality; D010555:Personality Inventory; D057566:Self Report; D055815:Young Adult