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Personality and resilience to Alzheimer's disease neuropathology: a prospective autopsy studyAntonio Terracciano
National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD, USA College of Medicine, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA Electronic address
Neurobiol Aging 34:1045-50. 2013..In sum, a resilient personality profile is associated with lower risk or delay of clinical dementia even in persons with AD neuropathology...- Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies identifies common variants in CTNNA2 associated with excitement-seekingA Terracciano
National Institute on Aging, NIH, DHHS, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
Transl Psychiatry 1:e49. 2011..The results provide insight into the genetics of excitement-seeking and risk-taking, and are relevant to hyperactivity, substance use, antisocial and bipolar disorders... - Genome-wide association scan for five major dimensions of personalityA Terracciano
National Institute on Aging, NIH, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
Mol Psychiatry 15:647-56. 2010..We infer that a large number of loci may influence personality traits and disorders, requiring larger sample sizes for the GWA approach to confidently identify associated genetic variants... - Variants of the serotonin transporter gene and NEO-PI-R Neuroticism: No association in the BLSA and SardiNIA samplesAntonio Terracciano
National Institute on Aging, NIH, DHHS, Baltimore, Maryland 21224, USA
Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet 150:1070-7. 2009..Along with other large studies that used different phenotypic measures and found no association, this study substantially increases the evidence against a link between 5-HTT variants and Neuroticism-related traits... - Facets of personality linked to underweight and overweightAntonio Terracciano
National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Baltimore, Maryland 21224, USA
Psychosom Med 71:682-9. 2009..This study examines detailed personality profiles of underweight, normal, and overweight individuals to provide insights into the causes and treatments of abnormal weight... - BDNF Val66Met is associated with introversion and interacts with 5-HTTLPR to influence neuroticismAntonio Terracciano
National Institute on Aging, NIH, DHHS, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
Neuropsychopharmacology 35:1083-9. 2010..Our findings support the association between the BDNF Met variant and introversion and suggest that BDNF interacts with the serotonin transporter gene to influence neuroticism... - Plasma BDNF concentration, Val66Met genetic variant and depression-related personality traitsA Terracciano
Laboratory of Personality and Cognition, National Institute on Aging, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
Genes Brain Behav 9:512-8. 2010..These findings challenge the prevailing hypothesis that lower peripheral levels of BDNF are a marker of depression... - Genome-wide association scan of trait depressionAntonio Terracciano
National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Baltimore, Maryland 21224, USA
Biol Psychiatry 68:811-7. 2010..Identifying the genetic variants that contribute to these individual differences can point to biological pathways etiologically involved in psychiatric disorders... - Neuroticism, depressive symptoms, and serum BDNFAntonio Terracciano
National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, 251 Bayview Blvd, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
Psychosom Med 73:638-42. 2011..We test whether serum and plasma levels of BDNF are associated with trait neuroticism and its facets and with state measures of depressive symptoms... - Personality predictors of longevity: activity, emotional stability, and conscientiousnessAntonio Terracciano
Laboratory of Personality and Cognition, National Institute on Aging, NIH, DHHS, 251 Bayview Blvd, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
Psychosom Med 70:621-7. 2008..To examine the association between personality traits and longevity... - High neuroticism and low conscientiousness are associated with interleukin-6A R Sutin
National Institute on Aging, NIH, DHHS, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
Psychol Med 40:1485-93. 2010..The present research examines the association between the five major dimensions of personality and interleukin-6 (IL-6), a pro-inflammatory cytokine often elevated in patients with chronic morbidity and frailty... - Five-factor model personality traits and the retirement transition: longitudinal and cross-sectional associationsCorinna E Lockenhoff
Laboratory of Personality and Cognition, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, USA
Psychol Aging 24:722-8. 2009..Findings suggest that the trait perspective contributes to the understanding of the retirement process... 
Gender differences in personality traits across cultures: robust and surprising findingsP T Costa
National Institute on Aging, National Institute of Health, Baltimore, Maryland 21224 6825, USA
J Pers Soc Psychol 81:322-31. 2001..Possible explanations for this surprising finding are discussed, including the attribution of masculine and feminine behaviors to roles rather than traits in traditional cultures...- Perceptions of aging across 26 cultures and their culture-level associatesCorinna E Lockenhoff
National Institute on Aging, Baltimore, MD, USA
Psychol Aging 24:941-54. 2009..A consideration of culture-level variables also suggested that previously reported differences in aging perceptions between Asian and Western countries may be related to differences in population structure... - Five-Factor Model personality profiles of drug usersAntonio Terracciano
National Institute on Aging, NIH, DHHS, Baltimore, USA
BMC Psychiatry 8:22. 2008.... - Cholesterol, triglycerides, and the Five-Factor Model of personalityAngelina R Sutin
National Institute on Aging, NIH, DHHS, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
Biol Psychol 84:186-91. 2010..When considering the connection between personality and health, unhealthy lipid profiles may be one intermediate biomarker between personality and morbidity and mortality... - Smoking and the Five-Factor Model of personalityAntonio Terracciano
Laboratory of Personality and Cognition, National Institute on Aging, NIH, DHHS, Baltimore, MD, USA
Addiction 99:472-81. 2004..Investigating the association between personality traits and smoking status using a comprehensive model of personality, the Five-Factor Model (FFM)... - Personality and metabolic syndromeAngelina R Sutin
Laboratory of Personality and Cognition, National Institute on Aging, NIH, DHHS, 251 Bayview Blvd, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
Age (Dordr) 32:513-9. 2010..The present research indicates that those with fewer psychological resources are more vulnerable to metabolic syndrome and suggests a psychological component to other established risk factors... - The validity and structure of culture-level personality scores: data from ratings of young adolescentsRobert R McCrae
National Institute on Aging, USA
J Pers 78:815-38. 2010..A culture-level factor analysis replicated earlier findings of a broad Extraversion factor but generally resembled the factor structure found in individuals. Continued analysis of aggregate personality scores is warranted... - Trait antagonism and the progression of arterial thickening: women with antagonistic traits have similar carotid arterial thickness as menAngelina R Sutin
National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and HumanServices, Baltimore, MD 21224
Hypertension 56:617-22. 2010..Antagonistic individuals, especially those who are manipulative and aggressive, have greater increases in arterial thickening, independent of traditional cardiovascular risk factors... - Personality traits and sex differences in emotion recognition among African Americans and CaucasiansAntonio Terracciano
National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, Maryland, 21224, USA
Ann N Y Acad Sci 1000:309-12. 2003 - Individual difference variables, affective differentiation, and the structures of affectAntonio Terracciano
Laboratory of Personality and Cognition, National Institute on Aging, NIH, Baltimore, MD 21224 6825, USA
J Pers 71:669-703. 2003..The observed structure of affect will depend in part on the nature of the sample studied... - Personality trait development from age 12 to age 18: longitudinal, cross-sectional, and cross-cultural analysesRobert R McCrae
Personality, Stress and Coping Section, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
J Pers Soc Psychol 83:1456-68. 2002..Results extend knowledge of the developmental curve of personality traits backward from adulthood and help bridge the gap with child temperament studies... - Sex-specific correlates of walking speed in a wide age-ranged populationMagdalena I Tolea
Clinical Research Branch, National Institute on Aging, Harbor Hospital, 3001 South Hanover Street, Baltimore, MD 21225, USA
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 65:174-84. 2010..If these patterns are confirmed in longitudinal studies, personality may be an important target for prevention... - Universal features of personality traits from the observer's perspective: data from 50 culturesRobert R McCrae
Gerontology Research Center, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Baltimore, MD 21224 6825, USA
J Pers Soc Psychol 88:547-61. 2005..With a few exceptions, these data support the hypothesis that features of personality traits are common to all human groups... - Longitudinal trajectories in Guilford-Zimmerman temperament survey data: results from the Baltimore longitudinal study of agingAntonio Terracciano
Laboratory of Personality and Cognition, National Institute on Aging, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 61:P108-16. 2006..Although intercepts differed, trajectories were similar for men and women. Attrition and death had no effect on slopes. This study highlights the use of lower order traits in providing a more nuanced picture of developmental change... - Personality profiles of cultures: aggregate personality traitsRobert R McCrae
Gerontology Research Center, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Baltimore, MD 21224 6825, USA
J Pers Soc Psychol 89:407-25. 2005..Findings support the rough scalar equivalence of NEO-PI-R factors and facets across cultures and suggest that aggregate personality profiles provide insight into cultural differences... - Hierarchical linear modeling analyses of the NEO-PI-R scales in the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of AgingAntonio Terracciano
Laboratory of Personality and Cognition, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Baltimore, MD 21224 6825, USA
Psychol Aging 20:493-506. 2005..Significant nonnormative changes were found for all 5 factors; they were not explained by attrition but might be due to genetic factors, disease, or life experience... - Personality plasticity after age 30Antonio Terracciano
National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
Pers Soc Psychol Bull 32:999-1009. 2006..Ipsative stability, assessed with the California Adult Q-Set, also was unrelated to age. These data strengthen claims of predominant personality stability after age 30... - Cross-cultural studies of personality traits and their relevance to psychiatryAntonio Terracciano
Epidemiol Psichiatr Soc 15:176-84. 2006..This article provides a brief review of recent cross-cultural research on personality traits at both individual and culture levels, highlighting the relevance of recent findings for psychiatry... - Personality traits in Sardinia: testing founder population effects on trait means and variancesPaul T Costa
National Institute on Aging, NIH, DHHS, 5600 Nathan Shock Dr, Baltimore, Maryland 21224, USA
Behav Genet 37:376-87. 2007..The genetic homogeneity effect on the phenotypic expression of complex traits merits further exploration... - Self-reported extremely adverse life events and longitudinal changes in five-factor model personality traits in an urban sampleCorinna E Lockenhoff
Laboratory of Personality and Cognition, National Institute on Aging, NIH, DHHS, Baltimore, MD, USA
J Trauma Stress 22:53-9. 2009.... - National character does not reflect mean personality trait levels in 49 culturesA Terracciano
National Institute on Aging, NIH, DHHS, Gerontology Research Center, 5600 Nathan Shock Drive, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
Science 310:96-100. 2005..National character ratings were reliable but did not converge with assessed traits. Perceptions of national character thus appear to be unfounded stereotypes that may serve the function of maintaining a national identity... - Heritability of cardiovascular and personality traits in 6,148 SardiniansGiuseppe Pilia
Istituto di Neurogenetica e Neurofarmacologia, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Ospedale Microcitemico, Cagliari, Italy
PLoS Genet 2:e132. 2006..Evidence for heterogeneity by age and sex suggests that models allowing for these differences will be important in mapping quantitative traits...