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ArticleAmerican journal of epidemiology2013

Invited commentary: Personality phenotype and mortality--new avenues in genetic, social, and clinical epidemiology.

Benjamin P Chapman

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Article in American journal of epidemiology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Benjamin P ChapmanUniversity of Rochester Medical Center, 300 Crittenden Boulevard, Rochester, NY 14642, USA. ben_chapman@urmc.rochester.edu

Funding

Personality-Epidemiologic Research on Inequalities in LongevityR01AG042582 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER · PI CHAPMAN, BENJAMIN P · 2013 to 2017
$1.5M
Linking Personality and SES Influences on Lifespan HealthK08AG031328 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER · PI CHAPMAN, BENJAMIN P · 2008 to 2012
$623k
NIA NIH HHS K08 AG031328NIA NIH HHS R01 AG042582
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this issue of the Journal, Jokela et al. (Am J Epidemiol. 2013;178(5):667-675) scrutinize the association between personality phenotype and all-cause mortality in remarkable detail by using an "individual-participant meta-analysis" design. Across 7 large cohorts varying in demographics and methods of personality measurement, they find varying prospective associations for 4 dimensions of the five-factor (or "Big Five") model of personality, but robust and consistent prospective associations for Big Five dimension of "conscientiousness." Jokela et al. place an important exclamation point on a long era of study of this topic and hint directly and indirectly at new avenues for this line of research. I consider the following 3 areas particularly rife for further inquiry: the role of genetics in personality and health studies; the role of personality in social inequalities in health; and the health policy and clinical implications of work like that of Jokela et al., including the potential role of personality phenotype in the evolution of personalized medicine.

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MortalityPersonalityFemaleHumansMaleall-cause mortalityBig Five personality traitsmeta-analysispersonality

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PMID23911611
PMCPMC3817456

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