Personality traits and the risk of becominglonely in old age: A 5-year follow-up study
dc.contributor.author | Ormstad, Heidi | |
dc.contributor.author | Eilertsen, Grethe | |
dc.contributor.author | Heir, Trond | |
dc.contributor.author | Leiv, Sandvik | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-03-07T17:18:49Z | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-03-08T00:32:51Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-03-07T17:18:49Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-03-08T00:32:51Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2020-02-20 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Ormstad HK, Eilertsen GE, Heir T, Leiv S. Personality traits and the risk of becominglonely in old age: A 5-year follow-up study. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes. 2020;18(47) | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 1477-7525 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1477-7525 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10642/8237 | |
dc.description.abstract | Background: Although many people experience loneliness in old age, there is little knowledge of predisposing personality factors. The aim of the present study was to explore to what extent personality traits are associated with the risk of becoming lonely, in women and men aged 60–79 years at baseline. Methods: The panel data are from The Norwegian study on Life course, Ageing and Generations (NorLAG). Our sample consisted of 516 men and 419 women aged 60–79 years, who were surveyed in both 2002–2003 (baseline) and 2007–2008 (follow-up), and who reported not being lonely at baseline. Personality traits were measured by the Big Five scale. Multivariable logistic regression analyses were used to investigate the association between a personality trait and the risk of becoming lonely, with adjustment for age, mental health and living with a partner. Results: At follow-up 59 women and 54 men reported loneliness (14.1% vs. 10.5%, p = 0.092). Among women, high agreeableness at baseline was significantly associated with a higher risk of becoming lonely. Among men, low agreeableness, low conscientiousness and high neuroticism at baseline were significantly associated with a higher risk of becoming lonely. Conclusions: Personality traits related differently to loneliness depending on gender. These findings may be useful when developing strategies for preventing loneliness in old age. | en |
dc.description.sponsorship | The NorLAG is financed by the Research Council of Norway (grant nos. 149564 and 168373), Ministry of Health and Care Services; Ministry of Labour; Ministry of Children, Equality and Social Inclusion; Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development; Norwegian Social Research (NOVA); and Statistics Norway. The NorLAG and LOGG data sets are part of the ACCESS Life Course infrastructure project funded by the National Financing Initiative for Research Infrastructure at the Research Council of Norway (grant no. 195403) and by NOVA. | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | BMC (part of Springer Nature) | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Health and Quality of Life Outcomes;18, Article number: 47 (2020) | |
dc.rights | This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License,which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you giveappropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate ifchanges were made. | en |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | |
dc.subject | Gender perspectives | en |
dc.subject | Loneliness | en |
dc.subject | Longitudinal studies | en |
dc.subject | Personality traits | en |
dc.title | Personality traits and the risk of becominglonely in old age: A 5-year follow-up study | en |
dc.type | Journal article | en |
dc.type | Peer reviewed | en |
dc.date.updated | 2020-03-07T17:18:48Z | |
dc.description.version | publishedVersion | en |
dc.identifier.doi | https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12955-020-01303-5 | |
dc.identifier.cristin | 1800309 | |
dc.source.journal | Health and Quality of Life Outcomes |
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