ArticleJournal of personality and social psychology2025
Associations of personality trait level and change with mortality risk in 11 longitudinal studies.
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5 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Personality nuances and inflammation: A coordinated analysis of six samples.Psychoneuroendocrinology · 2026Pooled it
- Personality and mortality risk: A systematic review and meta-analysis of longitudinal data.Journal of personality and social psychology · 2026Pooled it
- A Taxonomy of Data Synthesis.Personality & social psychology bulletin · 2026Article
- Personality nuances and mortality risk: A coordinated analysis of four longitudinal samples.Journal of psychosomatic research · 2025Article
- Associations of personality trait level and change with mortality risk in 11 longitudinal studies.Journal of personality and social psychology · 2025Article
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Abstract
People who are higher in conscientiousness, extraversion, and agreeableness and lower in neuroticism tend to live longer. The present research tested the hypothesis that personality trait change in middle and older adulthood would also be associated with mortality risk, above and beyond personality trait level. Personality trait change may causally influence mortality risk through corresponding changes in health behaviors, social processes, and stress experience. Alternatively, personality trait change may be a marker of successful or unsuccessful adaptation to life circumstances, which in turn influences mortality risk, or shared risk factors may impact personality trait change and mortality risk. In the latter case, personality trait change may serve as a "psychosocial vital sign" pointing toward increased risk. In 11 samples of middle-aged and older adults (combined
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