Psychological Resilience and Personality in Mild Cognitive Impairment and Healthy Older Adults.

IF 4.4 2区医学 Q1 GERIATRICS & GERONTOLOGY

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry Pub Date : 2025-03-05 DOI:10.1016/j.jagp.2025.02.017

Natascia De Lucia, Leonardo Bencivenga, Gianluca Scotto Di Tella, Giuseppe Rengo, Nelson Mauro Maldonato, Antonio Terracciano, Grazia Daniela Femminella

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Abstract

Objectives: Psychological resilience is the ability to cope with adversity and stressful situations, and it is considered a protective factor against cognitive impairment. This study compared resilience, personality, cognitive, and neuropsychological profiles of older adults with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and a comparison group without cognitive impairment. Moreover, we evaluated clinical and personality predictors of psychological resilience in both groups.

Design: Observational cross-sectional study.

Setting: Data were collected among outpatients followed up at the Memory Clinic of the Complex Operative Unit of Geriatric of the University Hospital "Federico II", in Naples (Italy).

Participants: We enrolled 43 individuals with MCI and 70 older adults from the community.

Measurements: Participants completed neuropsychological and clinical assessments, the Resilience scale, and the revised Eysenck Personality Questionnaire.

Results: MCI scored significantly lower on psychological resilience and executive/attentional abilities, had more psychopathological symptoms, and scored higher on neuroticism, introversion, and psychoticism compared to the comparison group. In regression models, neuroticism was the only consistent predictor of psychological resilience across the MCI and comparison groups.

Conclusions: This study found lower resilience and a less adaptive personality profile in MCI. Neuroticism emerged as a key predictor of resilience, pointing to the importance of this personality trait for interventions aimed at enhancing resilience, mental health, and quality of life.

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American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 医学-精神病学

CiteScore

13.00

自引率

4.20%

发文量

381

审稿时长

26 days

期刊介绍： The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry is the leading source of information in the rapidly evolving field of geriatric psychiatry. This esteemed journal features peer-reviewed articles covering topics such as the diagnosis and classification of psychiatric disorders in older adults, epidemiological and biological correlates of mental health in the elderly, and psychopharmacology and other somatic treatments. Published twelve times a year, the journal serves as an authoritative resource for professionals in the field.