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Personality and risk of frailty: the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing

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There is evidence that the personality traits conscientiousness, extraversion and neuroticism are associated with health behaviours and with risk of various health outcomes. We hypothesised that people who are lower in conscientiousness or extraversion or higher in neuroticism may be at greater risk of frailty in later life.We used general linear models to examine the prospective relation between personality, assessed using the Midlife Development Inventory, and change in frailty, modelled by...

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Published
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Peer reviewed

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10.1007/s12160-016-9833-5

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Oxford college:
St Peter's College
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MRC_MC_UP_A620_1015
MRC_ MC_UU_12011/2
Publisher:
Springer US
Journal:
Annals of Behavioral Medicine More from this journal
Volume:
51
Issue:
1
Pages:
128–136
Publication date:
2016-09-22
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1532-4796
ISSN:
0883-6612
Pmid:
27658915
Language:
English
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pubs:648063
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uuid:f3df2c2e-8292-4623-91d7-5984502efce3
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pubs:648063
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648063
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2017-01-31

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