Neuroticism in adolescence and cognitive function in midlife in the British 1946 birth cohort: the HALCyon program
Neuroticism in adolescence and cognitive function in midlife in the British 1946 birth cohort: the HALCyon program
We examined whether higher levels of neuroticism in adolescence were associated with poorer cognitive function in midlife in 2,071 members of the British 1946 birth cohort. Higher neuroticism at age 13 was associated with poorer performance on tests of verbal ability, verbal fluency, and verbal memory at age 53 in sex-adjusted analyses. However, higher neuroticism was also associated with poorer cognitive performance at age 8. After adjustment for childhood cognition or educational attainment, the associations between neuroticism at age 13 and midlife cognition ceased to be statistically significant. The link between neuroticism and subsequent cognitive ability may be a reflection of a long-standing correlation between the stable aspects of these traits since childhood, but further measurements of both traits are needed to confirm this.
personality, neuroticism, cognition, life course and developmental change
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Gale, Catherine R.
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Deary, Ian J.
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Kuh, Diana
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Huppert, Felicia
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Richards, Marcus
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January 2010
Gale, Catherine R.
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Deary, Ian J.
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Kuh, Diana
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Huppert, Felicia
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Richards, Marcus
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Gale, Catherine R., Deary, Ian J., Kuh, Diana, Huppert, Felicia and Richards, Marcus
(2010)
Neuroticism in adolescence and cognitive function in midlife in the British 1946 birth cohort: the HALCyon program.
Journals of Gerontology: Series B: Psychological sciences and social sciences, 65B (1), .
(doi:10.1093/geronb/gbp082).
Abstract
We examined whether higher levels of neuroticism in adolescence were associated with poorer cognitive function in midlife in 2,071 members of the British 1946 birth cohort. Higher neuroticism at age 13 was associated with poorer performance on tests of verbal ability, verbal fluency, and verbal memory at age 53 in sex-adjusted analyses. However, higher neuroticism was also associated with poorer cognitive performance at age 8. After adjustment for childhood cognition or educational attainment, the associations between neuroticism at age 13 and midlife cognition ceased to be statistically significant. The link between neuroticism and subsequent cognitive ability may be a reflection of a long-standing correlation between the stable aspects of these traits since childhood, but further measurements of both traits are needed to confirm this.
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Published date: January 2010
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personality, neuroticism, cognition, life course and developmental change
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