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Personality and Health, Subjective Well‐Being, and Longevity

Friedman, Howard S., Kern, Margaret L., Reynolds, Chandra A.·2010·Journal of Personality

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ABSTRACT Personality traits can be employed to guide understanding of trajectories to health and longevity, but long‐term longitudinal study and multifaceted assessment of healthy aging are crucial. Following up on the life span study initiated by Lewis Terman, we assessed 4 validated factors of personality in young adulthood in 1940, constructed a multifactor measure of participants' healthy aging in 1986, and collected death certificates through 2007 (to determine longevity) on a sample of 1,312 Terman participants (732 men). Neuroticism predicted worse physical health and subjective well‐being in old age and, for women, higher mortality risk, but for men, neuroticism predicted decreased mortality risk. For both sexes, extraversion predicted old‐age social competence, whereas conscientiousness predicted men's old‐age productivity. Differential patterns of association between personality traits and healthy aging components are informative about individual personality characteristics and long‐term health outcomes.

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Authors
Friedman, H. S., Kern, M. L., & Reynolds, C. A.
Affiliations
University of California, Riverside (US)
Corresponding author
Friedman, Howard S.
Venue
Journal of Personality
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2010-01-20
Volume
78
Issue
1
Pages
179-216
ISSN
  • 0022-3506 (ISSN-L)
  • 1467-6494
OpenAlex
W2028327374
Cited by
295
References
98
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FWCI
17.87
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Journal of Personality (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
National Institute on Aging (AG08825, R01AG027001, AG027001, R01AG008825)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Traits and Psychology
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology › Aging and Gerontology Research
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
Keywords
personality traits, healthy aging, longevity, mortality, neuroticism, extraversion, conscientiousness, subjective well-being, physical health, social competence, sex differences
MeSH terms
Age Factors, Aged, 80 and over, Aging, Attitude to Health, Female, Health Status, Health Surveys, Humans, Longevity, Male, Neurotic Disorders, Personality, Personality Inventory, Risk Factors, Self Concept, Sex Factors

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