Study suggests people with neurotic personality traits do not enjoy growing older as much as peers, may need extra help
Tuesday, August 30, 2011 - 07:00
in Psychology & Sociology
While most adult Americans report feeling more cheerful, content and other positive emotions as they reach their middle and later years, a subset who have more neurotic personality traits do not share in that trend toward greater satisfaction with age, according to a recent analysis by psychology researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Purdue University.