Personality Traits and Subjective Health in Retirement Age – The Role of Personal Resources

• Authors: Maria Finogenow
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The aim of the study was to analyse the relationship between fi ve-factor personality traits and subjective health in retirement age, including the mediating role of personal resources. The sample comprised of 240 older adults approaching or of retirement age; aged 55-70 (M = 60.1 years). Subjective health was negatively associated with neuroticism and positively associated with extraversion and openness to experiences. Multiple mediation analyses indicated that personal resources (especially the sense of meaningfulness) mediated most of the analyzed associations between personality and subjective health. For conscientiousness suppressive effects were found.

Keywords

EN

subjective health; personality; personal resources; retirement; mediator

• Publisher: Committee for Psychological Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Polish Psychological Bulletin
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 44
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 213-222

Contributors

author

Maria Finogenow

• University of Lodz, Institute of Psychology, 91-433 Lodz, Poland