... planning (all p s < 0.05). The groups furthermore differed significantly in psychological strengths (i.e., personality, self-efficacy, p s < 0.001) and well-being outcomes (i.e., life satisfaction, p = 0.05). Discussion: This study provides evidence for a general preference for acceptance and emotion...

...Eva Billstedt; Margda Waern; Hanna Falk; Paul Duberstein; Svante Östling; Tore Hällström; Ingmar Skoog Background: While time trends in personality traits have been suggested in younger cohorts, little is known regarding this issue in older adults. Objective: To test for birth cohort changes...

... trajectories of psychological adaptation to marital breakup after a long-term marriage, and to examine variables accounting for recovery or chronicity in terms of intrapersonal resources (personality, trait resilience, and personal growth), relationship variables (satisfaction with ex-relationship, length...

... and personality in explaining depression within a sample of octogenarians and centenarians. Methods: Participants were assessed during the most recent cross-sectional data collection of the Georgia Centenarian Study. The final eligible sample included 76 octogenarians (mean: 84.25 years, SD: 2.82; range: 81–90...

.... Objective: To identify distal and proximal resource influences on economic dependency, considering past lifestyle, proximal health, economic resources, personality, and coping behavior. Methods: Analysis sample sizes ranged from 109 to 138 octogenarians and centenarians. Blockwise multiple regressions...