Justin Do, Paige Seitam and Elizabeth Noga
Little is known about relationships between social desirability and personality with age. We examined relationships among older adults (N=597; Mage=71.3 years; 50.8% women; 73.9% white), who completed a survey assessing personality and social desirability. Participants were subdivided into young-old (<75 years; n=483) and old-old (>75 years; n=114). Analyses suggested old-old participants were higher in social desirability, extraversion, and neuroticism. Openness, agreeableness, and consciousness did not differ by group.