TitleIs Healthy Neuroticism Associated with Chronic Conditions? A Coordinated Integrative Data Analysis.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2020
AuthorsWeston, SJ, Graham, EK, Turiano, NA, Aschwanden, D, Booth, T, Harrison, F, James, BD, Lewis, NA, Makkar, SR, Mueller, S, Wisniewski, KM, Yoneda, T, Zhaoyang, R, Spiro, A, Drewelies, J, Wagner, GG, Steinhagen-Thiessen, E, Demuth, I, Willis, S, K Schaie, W, Sliwinski, MJ, Lipton, RA, Katz, M, Deary, IJ, Zelinski, EM, Bennett, DA, Sachdev, PS, Brodaty, H, Trollor, JN, Ames, D, Wright, MJ, Gerstorf, D, Allemand, M, Muniz-Terrera, G, Piccinin, AM, Hofer, SM, Mroczek, DK
JournalCollabra Psychol
Volume6
Issue1
Date Published2020
ISSN2474-7394
Abstract

<p>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 ( > 49,375), we found that conscientiousness did not moderate the relationship between neuroticism and having hypertension ( = 1.00,95%[0.98,1.02]), diabetes ( = 1.02[0.99,1.04]), or heart disease ( = 0.99[0.97,1.01]). Similarly, we found that conscientiousness did not moderate the prospective relationship between neuroticism and onset of hypertension ( = 0.98,[0.95,1.01]), diabetes ( = 0.99[0.94,1.05]), or heart disease ( = 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.</p>

DOI10.1525/collabra.267
Alternate JournalCollabra Psychol
PubMed ID33073161
PubMed Central IDPMC7566654
Grant ListRF1 AG064006 / AG / NIA NIH HHS / United States
R01 AG017917 / AG / NIA NIH HHS / United States
R01 AG056486 / AG / NIA NIH HHS / United States
P30 AG010161 / AG / NIA NIH HHS / United States
R01 AG032037 / AG / NIA NIH HHS / United States
R01 AG067622 / AG / NIA NIH HHS / United States
U19 AG051426 / AG / NIA NIH HHS / United States
P01 AG043362 / AG / NIA NIH HHS / United States
R01 AG055653 / AG / NIA NIH HHS / United States
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T32 AG000037 / AG / NIA NIH HHS / United States
K01 AG050823 / AG / NIA NIH HHS / United States
MR/K026992/1 / MR / Medical Research Council / United Kingdom
R01 AG010569 / AG / NIA NIH HHS / United States