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Personality and Mortality in Old Age
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We examined the relation of personality to mortality in 883 older Catholic clergy members (69% women). At baseline, they completed the NEO Five-Factor Inventory, which assesses the five principal dimensions of personality. They were followed for a mean of 5.1 years, during which 182 deaths occurred. Risk of death was nearly doubled in those with a high neuroticism score (90th percentile) compared with a low score (10th percentile) and was approximately halved in those with a high conscientiousness score compared with a low score. Findings for extraversion were mixed, and neither agreeableness nor openness was strongly related to mortality. The results suggest that personality is associated with mortality in old age.
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“This Big 5 dimension has been linked to lower all-cause mortality risk across a number of studies [54–57] (see also [58]).”
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“This Big 5 dimension has been linked to lower all-cause mortality risk across a number of studies [54–57] (see also [58]).”
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“In general, there is good evidence that higher level of conscientiousness and lower levels of hostility and Type D or “distressed” personality are associated with greater longevity.”
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“In general, there is good evidence that higher level of conscientiousness and lower levels of hostility and Type D or “distressed” personality are associated with greater longevity.”
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“Higher levels of Openness have been associated with decreased risk for all-cause mortality in a Japanese community sample [54]”
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“a 5-year follow-up period in a Japanese [54] community samples”
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“No associations between Neuroticism and all-cause mortality were observed in US [117] and Japanese [54] community samples.”
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“Agreeableness did not appear as a robust predictor of longevity in four other studies [54–57].”
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“Agreeableness did not appear as a robust predictor of longevity in four other studies [54–57].”
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- Authors
- Wilson, R. S., Mendes de Leon, C. F., Bienias, J. L., Evans, D. A., & Bennett, D. A.
- Affiliations
- Rush University Medical Center (US)
- Corresponding author
- Wilson, Robert S.
- Venue
- The Journals of Gerontology: Series B
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 2004-05-01
- Volume
- 59
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- P110-P116
- ISSN
- 1079-5014 (ISSN-L)
- 1758-5368
- OpenAlex
- W2169449626
- Cited by
- 182
- References
- 53
- Citations by year
- 2025: 3 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 9 · 2019: 8 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 7 · 2016: 5 · 2015: 9 · 2014: 11 · 2013: 10 · 2012: 16
- FWCI
- 11.27
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- The Journals of Gerontology Series B (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute on Aging (P30-AG 10161, R01 AG15819, R01AG015819, P30AG010161)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Traits and Psychology
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Aging and Gerontology Research
- Social Sciences › Health › Health disparities and outcomes
- Keywords
- personality, mortality, older adults, neuroticism, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, openness to experience, Big Five personality traits, Catholic clergy, mortality risk
- MeSH terms
- Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Catholicism, Chicago, Clergy, Female, Humans, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Mortality, Personality, Risk, Proportional Hazards Models
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