TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2023//
TI  - The relationship between fall and loneliness among older people in China: the mediating role of personality trait
JO  - Frontiers in psychiatry
A1  - Yuan, Luo
A1  - Yibo, Wu
A1  - Yuqian, Deng
A1  - Haiye, Ran
A1  - Jiaxin, Liu
A1  - Liping, Zhao
SP  - e1204544
EP  - e1204544
VL  - 14
IS  - 
N2  - AIMS: We aimed to explore the role of personality traits between fall and loneliness. <br><br>METHODS: A questionnaire survey was used to investigate falls, the big five personality traits, and loneliness among older people (≥ 60 years old) in China mainland. <br><br>RESULTS: A total of 4,289 older people participated in the survey. There are significant differences in age, marital status, education level, residence, solitariness, and fall in relation to loneliness among older people. Falls, especially when they occurred one time increase the loneliness of older people. Agreeableness, conscientiousness, and neuroticism were significant mediating effects between falls and loneliness. <br><br>CONCLUSION: This study implied that agreeableness, conscientiousness, and neuroticism were meditating factors between falls and loneliness. In the future, we should consider the big five personality traits more to understand loneliness and offer older people interventions for reducing their loneliness. The study design was cross-sectional, so the temporal precedence of mediators and causality could not be tested. Because the data were collected retrospectively, current loneliness is likely to have confounding effects on retrospective recall.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1664-0640
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1204544
ID  - ref1
ER  -