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Personality and All-Cause Mortality: Individual-Participant Meta-Analysis of 3,947 Deaths in 76,150 Adults.
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American Journal of Epidemiology . Sep2013, Vol. 178 Issue 5, p667-675. 9p. - Publication Year :
- 2013
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Abstract
- Personality may influence the risk of death, but the evidence remains inconsistent. We examined associations between personality traits of the five-factor model (extraversion, neuroticism, agreeableness, conscientiousness, and openness to experience) and the risk of death from all causes through individual-participant meta-analysis of 76,150 participants from 7 cohorts (the British Household Panel Survey, 2006–2009; the German Socio-Economic Panel Study, 2005–2010; the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey, 2006–2010; the US Health and Retirement Study, 2006–2010; the Midlife in the United States Study, 1995–2004; and the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study's graduate and sibling samples, 1993–2009). During 444,770 person-years at risk, 3,947 participants (54.4% women) died (mean age at baseline = 50.9 years; mean follow-up = 5.9 years). Only low conscientiousness—reflecting low persistence, poor self-control, and lack of long-term planning—was associated with elevated mortality risk when taking into account age, sex, ethnicity/nationality, and all 5 personality traits. Individuals in the lowest tertile of conscientiousness had a 1.4 times higher risk of death (hazard ratio = 1.37, 95% confidence interval: 1.18, 1.58) compared with individuals in the top 2 tertiles. This association remained after further adjustment for health behaviors, marital status, and education. In conclusion, of the higher-order personality traits measured by the five-factor model, only conscientiousness appears to be related to mortality risk across populations. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
- Subjects :
- *AGE distribution
*CONCEPTUAL structures
*CONFIDENCE intervals
*CONSCIENCE
*STATISTICAL correlation
*LONGITUDINAL method
*META-analysis
*PERSONALITY
*PERSONALITY tests
*RESEARCH funding
*SELF-management (Psychology)
*EVIDENCE-based medicine
*PROFESSIONAL practice
*SECONDARY analysis
*PROPORTIONAL hazards models
*DESCRIPTIVE statistics
*KAPLAN-Meier estimator
MORTALITY risk factors
PLANNING techniques
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00029262
- Volume :
- 178
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- American Journal of Epidemiology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 90069688
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1093/aje/kwt170