Personality and Mortality in Old Age

by: Robert S Wilson, Mendes, Julia L Bienias, Denis A Evans, David A Bennett

The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, Vol. 59, No. 3. (1 May 2004), pp. P110-P116.

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Abstract

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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TY - JOUR ID - wilson04 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2489853 TI - Personality and Mortality in Old Age JF - The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences VL - 59 IS - 3 SP - P110 EP - P116 N2 - 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. KW - aging KW - mortality KW - personality AU - Wilson, Robert AU - Mendes AU - Bienias, Julia AU - Evans, Denis AU - Bennett, David PY - 2004/05/01/ UR - http://psychsoc.gerontologyjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/59/3/P110 ER -

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