Publication |
Author(s) | Costa, P.T.; McCrae, R.R.; Morris, A.H. |
Title | Personal Adjustment to Aging: Longitudinal Prediction from Neuroticism and Extraversion. |
Source | Journal of Gerontology, 1981, Vol. 36, 78 - 85 |
Investigation |
Public | 17-97 aged males, visitors of the Gerontology Research Centre, followed ± 10 years Baltimore, USA. 1958-70 |
Last assesment | 1975 |
| T1:1958-1963, T2:1964-1969, T3:1969-1975 |
Survey name | Not available |
Sample | Not available |
| Subjects were volunteers, Baltimore USA. 93% were high-school graduates; 96% were white.
Ss were asked to fill in the questionnaires at 2 or 3 occasions: The second
occasion 2-10 years (mean 5.3) after the first, the third 10-17 (mean 12.6) after the first.
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Respondents N = | 117 |
| T1: 557, T2: 423, T3: 117 |
Non Response | Attrition 79% at T3, mostly among psychologically least adjusted |
Assesment | Questionnaire: paper |
| Filled in during visit at Research Centre. |
Happiness measure(s) used |
Author's label | | Our subject description |
Extraversion | show | Earlier inner-control |
Extraversion | show | Extraverted, also classified as above ↑ |
Neuroticism | show | Earlier mental health |
Neuroticism | show | Earlier psycho-somatic complaints, also classified as above ↑ |
Neuroticism | show | Neurotic (f48), also classified as above ↑ |
Neuroticism | show | Scores on symptom inventories, also classified as above ↑ |
Past contentment | show | Long term happiness (< 10 years ago) |
Past contentment | show | Past happiness ( 1 to 10 years ago), also classified as above ↑ |
Thinking introversion | show | Earlier inner-control |
Thinking introversion | show | Extraverted, also classified as above ↑ |