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Personality and mortality risk across the life span: The importance of conscientiousness as a biopsychosocial attribute.

Martin, Leslie R., Friedman, Howard S., Schwartz, Joseph E.·2007·Health Psychology
DOI 10.1037/0278-6133.26.4.428
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OBJECTIVE: This study addressed whether personality in childhood and personality in adulthood are independent predictors of mortality risk and the extent to which behavioral and other psychosocial factors can explain observed relationships between personality and mortality risk. DESIGN: This was a prospective longitudinal cohort study of 1,253 male and female Californians over 7 decades (1930-2000). Proportional hazards regressions were the principal analyses. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Mortality risk (in the form of relative hazards) was the primary outcome. Additional tests of mediators and moderators ascertained whether associations between personality and mortality risk remained significant when psychosocial and behavioral variables were statistically controlled. RESULTS: The findings, including a new 14-year additional follow-up in old age, revealed that conscientiousness, measured independently in childhood and adulthood, predicted mortality risk across the full life span. The link from childhood remained robust when adult conscientiousness and certain behavioral variables were controlled. Psychosocial and behavioral variables partly explained the adult conscientiousness-longevity association. CONCLUSION: The findings demonstrate the utility and complexity of modern personality concepts in understanding health and point to conscientiousness as a key underexplored area for future biopsychosocial studies.

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Authors
Martin, L. R., Friedman, H. S., & Schwartz, J. E.
Affiliations
  • La Sierra University (US)
  • University of California, Riverside (US)
  • Stony Brook University (US)
ORCID
Venue
Health Psychology
Publisher
American Psychological Association (APA)
Published
2007-07
Volume
26
Issue
4
Pages
428-436
ISSN
  • 0278-6133 (ISSN-L)
  • 1930-7810
DOI
10.1037/0278-6133.26.4.428
OpenAlex
W2121619551
Cited by
233
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38
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 7 · 2021: 6 · 2020: 54 · 2019: 9 · 2018: 8 · 2017: 8 · 2016: 12 · 2015: 13 · 2014: 18 · 2013: 21 · 2012: 19
FWCI
12.74
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Health Psychology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
National Institute on Aging (AG08825, AG15188)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Traits and Psychology
  • Social Sciences › Health › Health disparities and outcomes
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Aging and Gerontology Research
Keywords
conscientiousness, personality, mortality risk, longevity, lifespan, child personality, adult personality, biopsychosocial model, behavioral factors, psychosocial factors, moderation, older adults
MeSH terms
Adult, Age Factors, Aged, 80 and over, Character, Child, Child Behavior, Conscience, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Human Development, Life Change Events, Longevity, Male, Models, Psychological, Mortality, Personality, Personality Assessment, Personality Development, Personality Inventory, Prospective Studies, Risk Factors, Health Behavior

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