Abstract
Abstract The aim of the study was to analyse the relationship between five-factor personality traits and subjective health in retirement age, including the mediating role of personal resources. The sample comprised of 240 older adults approaching or of retirement age; aged 55-70 (M = 60.1 years). Subjective health was negatively associated with neuroticism and positively associated with extraversion and openness to experiences. Multiple mediation analyses indicated that personal resources (especially the sense of meaningfulness) mediated most of the analyzed associations between personality and subjective health. For conscientiousness suppressive effects were found
Highlights
According to the data by Eurostat (2010), in the last 50 years the world population has more than doubled, whereas the population of Europe has grown only slightly
The aim of the study was to analyse the relationship between five-factor personality traits and subjective health in retirement age, including the mediating role of personal resources
Associations between personality traits and subjective health were largely consistent with the hypotheses
Summary
According to the data by Eurostat (2010), in the last 50 years the world population has more than doubled, whereas the population of Europe (and that of Poland) has grown only slightly. The prognoses for the half century indicate that the proportion of old people in Europe will grow even higher. According to the forecasts, in the year 2060 people above 65 will constitute 30% of the population of the European Union, as compared to 17% in the year 2008 (cf Finogenow, 2011). Studies and searches related to broadly meant life quality of the elderly, becomes important. Besides looking for new ways of prolonging human life, researchers make attempts at finding ways of improving its quality
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