Compensatory Conscientiousness and Health in Older Couples

Roberts, Brent W.; Smith, Jacqui; Jackson, Joshua J.; Edmonds, Grant W.

doi:10.1111/j.1467-9280.2009.02339.x

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“…Adolescent and adult C likely emerge from childhood temperament, especially sense of constraint, effortful control, and the inhibition of impulsive tendencies, as well as exposure to C behaviors in parents and other socializers (Eisenberg et al, 2014;Hampson, 2012). A substantial body of evidence suggests that childhood disinhibition and impulsivity are associated with externalizing behaviors, including life course persistent antisocial behaviors, and alcohol and substance use beginning in adolescence (see Roberts et al, 2009, for an overview).…”

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“…The work of Rutter and his colleagues and of Sampson and Laub-showing that marriage is associated with criminal desistance-originally inspired the concept of compensatory C (Roberts et al, 2009). Although they did not examine C, Sampson and Laub's research suggested that the C of spouses and other intimate partners promote the avoidance of adult snares and perhaps improved choices with respect to family, work, and health behaviors.…”

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Conscientiousness, health, and aging: The Life Course of Personality Model.

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Hill²,

Roberts³

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Developmental Psychology

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The Conscientiousness (C) of the self and significant others influences health by way of mediational chains involving socioeconomic attainment, the avoidance and neutralization of stressors, the promotion of health behaviors and the minimization of risk behaviors, and the management of symptoms and diseases. Yet, meta-analyses reveal that these associations are moderated by factors that are not well understood. We propose the Life Course of Personality Model (LCP Model), which comprises a series of hypotheses that suggest how such mediational chains are subject to 2 sources of contingency. First, the mechanisms by which C translates into health and the avoidance of risk change from early childhood to late adulthood, involving processes that are specific to phases of the life course; also, however, C influences health by way of continuous processes extending over many decades of life. Second, C may be more consequential in some social contexts than in others, and when accompanied by some constellations of personality characteristics than by others. That is, the mediational processes by which C translates into health and the avoidance of disease are likely moderated by timing, social context (including the C of others), and other aspects of the individual's personality. We consider methodological implications of the LCP Model.

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Conscientiousness, health, and aging: The Life Course of Personality Model.

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Hill²,

Roberts³

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Developmental Psychology

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“…Perhaps there is an important interplay not only between family level losses and an individual family member's personality, but also broader interactions with the personality of others within the family and their individual reactions. For example, dyadic influences of personality traits (Roberts, Smith, Jackson, & Edmond, 2009) may mean that the effect of an income loss for a highly conscientious individual would be lower if they lived with someone low in conscientiousness.…”

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Individual Differences in Loss Aversion

Boyce

Wood

Ferguson

2016

Pers Soc Psychol Bull

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Loss aversion is considered a general pervasive bias occurring regardless of context or person making the decision. We hypothesized that conscientiousness would predict an aversion to losses in the financial domain. We index loss aversion by the relative impact of income losses and gains on life satisfaction. In a representative German sample (N = 105,558: replicated in a British sample, N = 33,848), with conscientiousness measured at baseline, those high on conscientiousness have the strongest reactions to income losses, suggesting a pronounced loss aversion effect, whilst for those moderately un-conscientious there is no loss aversion effect. Our research; (a) provides the first evidence of personality moderation of any loss aversion phenomena; (b) supports contextual perspectives that both personality and situational factors need to be examined in combination; (c) shows that the small but robust relationship with life satisfaction is primarily driven by a subset of people experiencing highly impactful losses.

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“…Some have suggested that neuroticism is healthy when paired with high conscientiousness, a trait that allows individuals to deal productively with stress (Gartland, O'Connor & Lawton, 2012). When paired with high conscientiousness, high neuroticism has been found to predict lower levels of smoking (Turiano et al, 2012) and better physical health (Roberts, Smith, Jackson & Edmonds, 2009;Turiano et al, 2013). Thus, while conscientiousness has consistent associations with positive health -and thus is expected to predict adaptive responses to health news -the links between neuroticism and health are more complex, and so it is unclear whether neuroticism will predict responses or in what direction.…”

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