Five Factor Model Personality Traits and All-Cause Mortality in the Edinburgh Artery Study Cohort

Taylor, Michelle D.; Whiteman, Martha C.; Fowkes, Gerald R.; Lee, Amanda J.; Allerhand, Michael; Deary, Ian J.

doi:10.1097/psy.0b013e3181a65298

Five Factor Model Personality Traits and All-Cause Mortality in the Edinburgh Artery Study Cohort

Objective To examine whether personality traits are related to all-cause mortality in a general adult population in Scotland. Methods The Edinburgh Artery Study began in 1987 to 1988 by recruiting 1592 men and women aged 55 to 74 years to be followed-up for atherosclerotic diseases. The NEO Five-…