Personality and mortality in old age

被引：99

作者：

Wilson, RS

de Leon, CFM

Bienias, JL

Evans, DA

Bennett, DA

机构：

[1] Rush Univ, Med Ctr, Rush Alzheimers Dis Ctr, Armour Acad Ctr, Chicago, IL 60612 USA

[2] Rush Inst Healthy Aging, Chicago, IL USA

[3] Rush Univ, Med Ctr, Dept Internal Med, Chicago, IL USA

[4] Rush Univ, Med Ctr, Dept Psychol, Chicago, IL USA

[5] Rush Univ, Med Ctr, Dept Neurol Sci, Chicago, IL USA

来源：

JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY SERIES B-PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES | 2004年 / 59卷 / 03期

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D O I：

10.1093/geronb/59.3.P110

中图分类号：

R592 [老年病学]; C [社会科学总论];

学科分类号：

03 ; 0303 ; 100203 ;

摘要：

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.

引用

页码：P110 / P116

页数：7

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