Personality, health, and aging: prolegomenon for the next generation

By Timothy W. Smith, A. Spiro. 2002

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Subfields: Applied Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

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NEO personality domains and gender predict levels and trends in body mass index over 14 years during midlife (2006, background): “It is also important to study health constructs during relevant periods of the life span ( Smith & Spiro, 2002 ).”
What good are character strengths beyond subjective well-being? The contribution of the good character on self-reported health-oriented behavior, physical fitness, and the subjective health status (2013, background): “Character strengths and physical well-being Various studies have already established a link between personality and different forms of physical health and well-being (for an overview see Smith & Spiro, 2002).”
Personality-driven situation experience, contact, and construal: How people’s personality traits predict characteristics of their situations in daily life (2015, background): “The outcomes and trajectories of situation management remain an understudied, but potentially fruitful avenue to examine how personality dynamics shape well-being and health across the life course (e.g., Friedman, 2000; Hampson & Friedman, 2008; John & Gross, 2004; Smith & Spiro, 2002).”
Health benefits: Meta-analytically determining the impact of well-being on objective health outcomes (2007, background): “…suggested that health psychologists need to move beyond the medical model and consider health more broadly (e.g., Grzywacz & Keyes, 2004; Kaplan, 2003; Ryff & Singer, 1998; Smith & Spiro, 2002), we argue that any review of the literature must separately consider specific components of health.”
Five-Factor Model personality traits and executive functioning among older adults (2010, background): “factors (e.g., Smith & Spiro, 2002 ), recent research elucidating the neurocognitive underpinnings”