Current Gerontology and Geriatrics Research

Research Article

Understanding Centenarians' Psychosocial Dynamics and Their Contributions to Health and Quality of Life

Table 4

Personality predictors of centenarians’ self-rated mental health and physical health.
Mental healthPhysical health
BSE 𝛽 BSE 𝛽
Functional capacity.19.06.28 βˆ— βˆ— .04.01.40 βˆ— βˆ— βˆ—
Subjective health2.12.43.33 βˆ— βˆ— βˆ— x xx
Mental healthxxx.06.01.39 βˆ— βˆ— βˆ—
Neuroticism βˆ’ .08.02 βˆ’ .34 βˆ— βˆ— βˆ— .00.00 βˆ’ . 0 6
Extraversion.02.02.08.00.00 βˆ’ . 0 8
Openness.05.02.16*.00.00 βˆ’ . 0 8
Agreeableness.00.02.01.00.00 βˆ’ . 1 1
Conscientiousness βˆ’ .04.02 βˆ’ .19 βˆ— .01.00.20 βˆ—
Model 𝑅 2 .48.39
Models controlled for sex, ethnicity, cognitive status, residential type, and education.
βˆ— P <  .05. βˆ— βˆ— P <  .01. βˆ— βˆ— βˆ— P <  .001. (two-tailed tests).