The Big Five Personality Traits as Predictors of Loneliness among Older Men in Israel

Itzick, Michal; Kagan, Maya; Zychlinski, Ester

doi:10.1080/00223980.2019.1653250

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“…Later years create conditions whereby older people exhibit more loneliness than younger counterparts [ 64 ], with studies indicating about one-third of older people experiencing loneliness [ 65 ], and those aged 80 and over regularly feeling lonely [ 60 ]. It was also found that older men with the personality characteristics of agreeableness, emotional stability, and openness reported feeling less lonely [ 66 ]. Specifically, research links loneliness with reduced MIL [ 67 ]; both are essential for daily functioning and maintaining mental health and well-being in older age [ 68 ].…”

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Meaning in Life among Older Adults: An Integrative Model

Greenblatt‐Kimron

Kagan

Zychlinski

2022

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Meaning in life (MIL) among older adults has a significant physical and mental health impact. This study aimed to present an integrative model of factors that contribute to variability in MIL among older adults, including background characteristics (gender, age, employment status, religiosity), personality characteristics (locus of control, self-efficacy, optimism), and psycho-social factors (psychological distress and loneliness). Participants (751 older adults, Mage = 72.27, SD = 6.28; 446 female, 305 male) responded to a questionnaire in-person or online. Measures included: demographic variables, Short Scale for the Assessment of Locus of Control, New General Self-Efficacy Scale, Life Orientation Test–Revised, Kessler Psychological Distress Scale, and Hughes Short Scale for Measuring Loneliness. Hierarchical regression revealed that younger and religious older adults reported higher MIL levels than older and non-religious older adults. Internal locus of control, higher self-efficacy, and higher optimism were linked to higher MIL levels. Higher psychological distress and loneliness were associated with lower MIL levels, with psychological distress contributing the most of all variables in the study model to explain the variance in MIL among older adults. Employed older old adults reported lower MIL levels than those unemployed. The study emphasizes the importance of an integrative approach in the examination of MIL among older adults.

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Meaning in Life among Older Adults: An Integrative Model

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Kagan

Zychlinski

2022

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“…Agreeableness. Agreeableness was a buffer for the loneliness of older men in the study from Israel (Itzick et al, 2020). However, In another study, agreeableness was not a protective factor but a risk factor for women (Ormstad et al, 2020).…”

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“…Being in a Relationship. In a study on predictors of loneliness among older men in Israel (N=392), being in a relationship was associated with lower levels of loneliness (Itzick et al, 2020). Given that there were no women in this study, the data are not generalizable.…”

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Loneliness in Aging Adults: A Narrative Review

2023

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The recent literature on loneliness in aging adults (last five years) is predominantly focused on negative effects of being lonely along with some studies on risk factors, buffers, and interventions. Aging is typically defined as ages starting at 60 or 65.The prevalence rates for loneliness in aging adults were highly variable in this literature, ranging from a low of 11% in Norway to a high of 76% in San Diego. Negative effects have included ageism attitudes, anxiety, depression, memory loss, low heart rate variability, short telomere length, frailty, frequent falls and trips to the emergency room. Risk factors have included aging anxiety, sensory loss, neuroticism, losing a partner, and COVID-19. Buffers/protective factors have included being in a relationship, continued working, internet use and being with pets and robots. And personality traits have been protective including agreeableness, wisdom, and narcissism. Interventions have included social networking, personal voice assistants, writing and laughter therapy.Although the recent research suggests that loneliness and aging are related on some variables like frailty, it has not suggested that loneliness is more prevalent among the aging than younger adults. In addition, most of the data are based on self-report surveys that have yielded mixed results across countries.

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“…The current study aimed to bridge the gap in knowledge regarding the associations between personality traits and adjustment disorder. Moreover, although there is a vast body of knowledge that describes the relationship between personality and mental health (e.g., Itzick et al, 2020 ), there is a gap in the description of the mechanisms by which personality influences mental health in general (Strickhouser et al, 2017 ) and adjustment disorder in particular, especially in times of extreme stress and ambiguity, such as those imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic.…”

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Intolerance to uncertainty and self-efficacy as mediators between personality traits and adjustment disorder in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic

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In April 2020, early in the COVID-19 outbreak, governments restricted public gatherings and ordered social distancing. These demands led to challenging adaptations, which in some cases resulted in mental health issues, including adjustment disorder. Guided by the transactional stress model, the current study aimed to examine the relations between personality traits and adjustment disorder in crisis situations and vagueness and the role of intolerance to uncertainty and self-efficacy in these relations. During Israel’s first lockdown, 673 Israeli adults completed self-reported e-version questionnaires regarding Big Five personality traits, adjustment disorder, intolerance to uncertainty, self-efficacy, and background variables. The study was designed to examine the association between personality traits and adjustment disorder and the potential mediation of intolerance to uncertainty and self-efficacy in associations. The findings revealed that intolerance to uncertainty and self-efficacy mediated the association between personality traits and adjustment disorder. The results are consistent with the transactional stress model. They shed light on the role of intolerance to uncertainty and self-efficacy as cognitive mechanisms that promote the development of adjustment disorder. Recommendations for future studies and practice are discussed.

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The Big Five Personality Traits as Predictors of Loneliness among Older Men in Israel

Cited by 10 publications

References 44 publications

Meaning in Life among Older Adults: An Integrative Model

Meaning in Life among Older Adults: An Integrative Model

Loneliness in Aging Adults: A Narrative Review

Intolerance to uncertainty and self-efficacy as mediators between personality traits and adjustment disorder in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic

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