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| The power of personality in discriminating between healthy aging and early-stage Alzheimer's disease | | Author(s) | Janet M Duchek, David A Balota, Martha Storandt |
| Journal title | Journals of Gerontology: Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, vol 62B, no 6, November 2007 |
| Pages | pp P353-361 |
| Source | http://www.geron.org |
| Keywords | Personality ; Dementia ; Sleep behaviour ; Older people ; Middle aged ; Correlation ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Differences in personality in the earliest stages of dementia of the Alzheimer's type (DAT) relative to healthy ageing were examined, as was the power of personality in discriminating healthy ageing from early-stage DAT. Four groups of participants (middle-aged controls, older controls, people with very mild DAT, and people with mild DAT) and their families were administered Costa and McCrae's NEO Five Factor Inventory. On the basis of both self-report and informant report, there was an increase in neuroticism and a decrease in conscientiousness in those with very mild DAT relative to healthy individuals without it, and in people with mild DAT relative to those with very mild DAT. Moreover, informant reports of neuroticism and conscientiousness capture substantial unique variance in discriminating healthy ageing and very mild DAT, above and beyond standard neuropsychological tests. Discussion focuses on the importance of personality traits as a non-cognitive indicator of early-stage DAT. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-080307215 A |
| Classmark | DK: EA: CG: B: SE: 49: 7T |
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