The Moderating Effect of Personality Type on the Relationship Between Leisure Activity and Executive Control in Older Adults

Overview

Journal Act Adapt Aging

Specialty Geriatrics

Date 2016 Apr 19

PMID 27087715

Citations 2

Authors

Nikki L Hill

Feng Vankee Lin

Jeanine M Parisi

Ann Kolanowski

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Abstract

We examined the moderating effect of personality on the association between leisure activities and executive control in healthy community-dwelling older adults. We found two distinct personality typologies: individuals with a personality were characterized by emotional stability and self-confidence; whereas, those who resembled an personality tended to be introverted, but also low on neuroticism. Resilient individuals were more likely than Overcontrolled individuals to demonstrate higher executive function and attention as a result of participation in mental activities. These results suggest that personality might be important to include in studies that test the efficacy of activity interventions for improving cognition.

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