| 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.
|
| 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 | Subject Code
Finding | Subject description |
| Extraversion | P02ab16 | Earlier inner-control |
| Extraversion | P05az | Extraverted, also classified as above ↑ |
| Neuroticism | H13aa01 | Earlier mental health |
| Neuroticism | H15aa01 | Earlier psycho-somatic complaints, also classified as above ↑ |
| Neuroticism | H13ac05c | Neurotic (f48), also classified as above ↑ |
| Neuroticism | H13ab02b | Scores on symptom inventories, also classified as above ↑ |
| Past contentment | H04ab01c | Long term happiness (< 10 years ago) |
| Past contentment | H04ab01b | Past happiness ( 1 to 10 years ago), also classified as above ↑ |
| Thinking introversion | P02ab16 | Earlier inner-control |
| Thinking introversion | P05az | Extraverted, also classified as above ↑ |