Openness to Experience and Mortality in Men: Analysis of Trait and Facets
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Objectives: We examined whether specific facets are more robust predictors of mortality risk than overall trait openness in a sample of older men. Methods: The current investigation used data from 1,349 men from the Veterans Affairs Normative Aging Study. From 1990-1991 to 2008, 547 (41%) had died. We used exploratory factor analysis to extract facets of openness, followed by proportional hazards modeling to examine 18-year mortality risk. Results: Two facets emerged from the openness adjectives: intellect and creativity. In the fully adjusted model, only creativity predicted mortality risk. A 1- SD increase in creativity was associated with a 12% decrease in mortality risk. Discussion: The study demonstrated that consideration of facets allows for a more precise understanding of the personality–health association. Higher levels of creativity predict longer survival in a sample of older men which provides preliminary support of the protective role creativity has on health even at advanced ages.
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Interest in aesthetics is a particularly important predictor of greater longevity.
“The latter two studies were able to decompose Openness into more specific traits and found that cognitive and behavioral flexibility [72] and interest in aesthetics [72, 73] were particularly important predictors of greater longevity.”
From Personality and Longevity: Knowns, Unknowns, and Implications for Public Health and Personalized Medicine (2011) · cites this paper as [73]
Higher levels of Openness have been associated with lower all-cause mortality risk in a cohort of men.
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- Authors
- Turiano, N. A., Spiro, A., & Mroczek, D. K.
- Affiliations
- Purdue University West Lafayette (US)
- Boston University (US)
- Venue
- Journal of Aging and Health
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2012-01-04
- Volume
- 24
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 654-672
- ISSN
- 0898-2643 (ISSN-L)
- 1552-6887
- PMC
- PMC3649068
- OpenAlex
- W2099059613
- Cited by
- 72
- References
- 45
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- FWCI
- 7.64
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Journal of Aging and Health (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute on Aging (R01 AG 18436, R01AG018436, T32AG025671)
- 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
- openness to experience, personality traits, mortality risk, creativity, intellect, personality facets, older men, personality and health, survival
- MeSH terms
- Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Creativity, Factor Analysis, Statistical, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Mortality, Personality, Proportional Hazards Models, Risk Assessment
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