Steffens et al.
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add to the growing literature on the contributions of stressors and personality to
cognitive impairment in older adults. For more than a decade, prospective studies
have examined self-reported personality
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and stress
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as predictors of cognitive decline, mild cognitive impairment, and dementia. For
more than 3 decades, retrospective studies have repeatedly documented informant-reported
personality change in cognitive decline. The article by Steffens et al. might be one
of the first, if not the first, to explore the implications of both change in trait
Neuroticism (the tendency to experience negative emotions) and change in self-reported
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Publication history
Published online: November 19, 2022
Accepted:
November 15,
2022
Received:
November 14,
2022
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- Effects of Longitudinal Changes in Neuroticism and Stress on Cognitive DeclineThe American Journal of Geriatric PsychiatryVol. 31Issue 3
- PreviewThe links between late-life depression (LLD), the personality trait of neuroticism, presence of stress and cognitive decline are complex, though some research undertaken in the last two decades has shed light on this area. LLD is associated with later cognitive decline and development of dementia, and presence of neuroticism in older depressed patients has been shown to increase risk of cognitive decline and dementia.1,2 Similarly, greater number of stressful life events has also been associated with greater cognitive decline.
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