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Positive Psychological Well-Being and Mortality: A Quantitative Review of Prospective Observational Studies
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OBJECTIVE: To review systematically prospective, observational, cohort studies of the association between positive well-being and mortality using meta-analytic methods. Recent years have witnessed increased interest in the relationship between positive psychological well-being and physical health. METHODS: We searched general bibliographic databases: Medline, PsycINFO, Web of Science, and PubMed up to January 2008. Two reviewers independently extracted data on study characteristics, quality, and estimates of associations. RESULTS: There were 35 studies (26 articles) investigating mortality in initially healthy populations and 35 studies (28 articles) of disease populations. The meta-analyses showed that positive psychological well-being was associated with reduced mortality in both the healthy population (combined hazard ratio (HR) = 0.82; 95% Confidence Interval (CI) = 0.76-0.89; p < .001) and the disease population (combined HR = 0.98; CI = 0.95-1.00; p = .030) studies. There were indications of publication bias in this literature, although the fail-safe numbers were 2444 and 1397 for healthy and disease population studies, respectively. Intriguingly, meta-analysis of studies that controlled for negative affect showed that the protective effects of positive psychological well-being were independent of negative affect. Both positive affect (e.g., emotional well-being, positive mood, joy, happiness, vigor, energy) and positive trait-like dispositions (e.g., life satisfaction, hopefulness, optimism, sense of humor) were associated with reduced mortality in healthy population studies. Positive psychological well-being was significantly associated with reduced cardiovascular mortality in healthy population studies, and with reduced death rates in patients with renal failure and with human immunodeficiency virus-infection. CONCLUSIONS: The current review suggests that positive psychological well-being has a favorable effect on survival in both healthy and diseased populations.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Chida, Y., & Steptoe, A.
- Affiliations
- University College London (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Chida, Yoichi
- ORCID
- Steptoe, Andrew
- Venue
- Psychosomatic Medicine
- Published
- 2008-09
- Volume
- 70
- Issue
- 7
- Pages
- 741-756
- ISSN
- 0033-3174 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2071627530
- Cited by
- 1,592
- References
- 97
- Citations by year
- 2026: 44 · 2025: 80 · 2024: 76 · 2023: 119 · 2022: 87 · 2021: 90 · 2020: 272 · 2019: 91 · 2018: 106 · 2017: 91 · 2016: 105 · 2015: 80 · 2014: 83 · 2013: 68 · 2012: 68
- FWCI
- 5.52
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Psychosomatic Medicine (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- British Heart Foundation
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Optimism, Hope, and Well-being
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Health, psychology, and well-being
- Keywords
- positive psychological well-being, mortality, positive affect, life satisfaction, optimism, hope, vigor, cardiovascular mortality, renal failure, HIV infection, negative affect
- MeSH terms
- Adaptation, Psychological, Cardiovascular Diseases, Emotions, Female, Health Status, Humans, Male, Mental Health, Mortality, Neoplasms, Personal Satisfaction, Prospective Studies, Self Concept, Meta-Analysis as Topic, Cohort Studies, HIV Infections
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