The relationship between neighborhood quality and personality was explored using a large nationally representative sample of midlife adults, namely, the data from the Midlife in the United States Longitudinal Study of Health and Well-Being. A multilevel approach was used to track correlations between fluctuations in perceived neighborhood safety and inequality and personality across three points in time. As predicted from life history theory, personality fluctuated along with perceived neighborhood safety and inequality such that the general factor of personality decreased as neighborhood safety decreased and neighborhood inequality increased. In a second set of analyses, monozygotic twin difference scores were used to control for possible genetic confounds. It was found that the twin who reported the greatest neighborhood safety and least neighborhood inequality also had the highest general factor of personality. Future research could be directed at identifying and remediating the specific aspects of the neighborhood that may increase the risk of negative changes in functioning.

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感知到的邻里安全和不平等与人格的关联

使用大量具有全国代表性的中年成年人来探索邻里质量与人格之间的关系，即美国《健康与福祉纵向研究》中年人的数据。使用多级方法来跟踪在三个时间点上感知到的邻里安全性波动与不平等和性格之间的相关性。根据生活史理论的预测，人格随感知的邻里安全和不平等而波动，因此人格的一般因素随着邻里安全的降低和邻里不平等的增加而降低。在第二组分析中，使用单卵双胞胎差异评分来控制可能的遗传混杂。结果发现，双胞胎的邻里安全性最高，邻里不平等程度最低，其人格综合因素也最高。未来的研究可能旨在识别和修复社区的特定方面，这些方面可能会增加功能出现负面变化的风险。