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Is Healthy Neuroticism Associated with Chronic Conditions? A Coordinated Integrative Data Analysis.

  • Weston SJ University of Oregon, Department of Psychology, Eugene, OR, USA.
  • Graham EK Northwestern University, Department of Medical Social Sciences, Chicago, IL, USA.
  • Turiano NA West Virginia University, Department of Psychology and the West Virginia Prevention Research Center, Morgantown, WV, USA.
  • Aschwanden D Florida State University, Department of Geriatrics, Tallahassee, FL, USA.
  • Booth T University of Edinburgh, Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology, Department of Psychology, Edinburgh, Scotland.
  • Harrison F University of New South Wales, Centre for Healthy Brain Aging, Sydney NSW, Australia.
  • James BD Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA.
  • Lewis NA University of Victoria, Department of Psychology, Victoria, BC, Canada.
  • Makkar SR University of New South Wales, Centre for Healthy Brain Aging, Sydney NSW, Australia.
  • Mueller S University of Hamburg, Berlin, Germany, Department of Psychology.
  • Wisniewski KM University of Southern California, Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
  • Yoneda T University of Victoria, Department of Psychology, Victoria, BC, Canada.
  • Zhaoyang R Center for Healthy Aging, The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, USA.
  • Spiro A VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, USA.
  • Drewelies J Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany, Department of Psychology.
  • Wagner GG Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany, Department of Psychology.
  • Steinhagen-Thiessen E German Institute for Economic Research, Berlin, Germany.
  • Demuth I Charite - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany.
  • Willis S University of Washington, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Seattle, WA, USA.
  • Schaie KW Pennsylvania State University, Department of Human Development and Psychology, State College, PA, USA.
  • Sliwinski M Center for Healthy Aging, The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, USA.
  • Lipton RA Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA.
  • Katz M Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA.
  • Deary IJ University of Edinburgh, Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology, Department of Psychology, Edinburgh, Scotland.
  • Zelinski EM University of Southern California, Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
  • Bennett DA Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA.
  • Sachdev PS University of New South Wales, Centre for Healthy Brain Aging, Sydney NSW, Australia.
  • Brodaty H University of New South Wales, Centre for Healthy Brain Aging, Sydney NSW, Australia.
  • Trollor JN University of New South Wales, Centre for Healthy Brain Aging, Sydney NSW, Australia.
  • Ames D University of Melbourne Academic Unit for Psychiatry of Old Age and National Ageing Research Institute, Kew & Parkville, Australia.
  • Wright MJ University of Queensland, Queensland Brain Institute, Australia.
  • Gerstorf D Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany, Department of Psychology.
  • Allemand M University of Zurich, Department of Psychology, Zurich, Switzerland.
  • Muniz-Terrera G University of Edinburgh, Centre for Dementia Prevention, Edinburgh, Scotland.
  • Piccinin AM University of Victoria, Department of Psychology, Victoria, BC, Canada.
  • Hofer SM University of Victoria, Department of Psychology, Victoria, BC, Canada.
  • Mroczek DK Northwestern University, Department of Medical Social Sciences, Chicago, IL, USA.
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  • 2020-10-19
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  • Collabra. Psychology. - 2020
English Early investigations of the neuroticism by conscientiousness interaction with regards to health have been promising, but to date, there have been no systematic investigations of this interaction that account for the various personality measurement instruments, varying populations, or aspects of health. The current study - the second of three - uses a coordinated analysis approach to test the impact of the neuroticism by conscientiousness interaction on the prevalence and incidence of chronic conditions. Using 15 pre-existing longitudinal studies (N > 49,375), we found that conscientiousness did not moderate the relationship between neuroticism and having hypertension (OR = 1.00,95%CI[0.98,1.02]), diabetes (OR = 1.02[0.99,1.04]), or heart disease (OR = 0.99[0.97,1.01]). Similarly, we found that conscientiousness did not moderate the prospective relationship between neuroticism and onset of hypertension (OR = 0.98,[0.95,1.01]), diabetes (OR = 0.99[0.94,1.05]), or heart disease (OR = 0.98[0.94,1.03]). Heterogeneity of effect sizes was largely nonsignificant, with one exception, indicating that the effects are consistent between datasets. Overall, we conclude that there is no evidence that healthy neuroticism, operationalized as the conscientiousness by neuroticism interaction, buffers against chronic conditions.
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