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ArticleJournal of aging research2011

Personality and longevity: knowns, unknowns, and implications for public health and personalized medicine.

Benjamin P Chapman, Brent Roberts, Paul Duberstein

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Article in Journal of aging research, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 90 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

90 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Patient-reported outcome measures within European cohorts of severely injured patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis.European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society · 2026
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  2. Personality traits and mediating pathways to mortality risk: A systematic review.Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2024
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  4. Personality and risk of Alzheimer's disease: new data and meta-analysis.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2014
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  7. Personality factors moderate the associations between apolipoprotein genotype and cognitive function as well as late onset Alzheimer disease.The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry · 2012
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  17. Association between psychosocial factors and C-reactive protein across income, race, and sex.Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Benjamin P ChapmanLaboratory of Personality and Development and Rochester Health Decision Making Group, Department of Psychiatry, University of Rochester Medical Center, 300 Crittenden, Rochester, NY 14607, USA.
Brent Roberts
Paul Duberstein

Funding

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 L30 AG031021
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We review evidence for links between personality traits and longevity. We provide an overview of personality for health scientists, using the primary organizing framework used in the study of personality and longevity. We then review data on various aspects of personality linked to longevity. In general, there is good evidence that higher level of conscientiousness and lower levels of hostility and Type D or "distressed" personality are associated with greater longevity. Limited evidence suggests that extraversion, openness, perceived control, and low levels of emotional suppression may be associated with longer lifespan. Findings regarding neuroticism are mixed, supporting the notion that many component(s) of neuroticism detract from life expectancy, but some components at some levels may be healthy or protective. Overall, evidence suggests various personality traits are significant predictors of longevity and points to several promising directions for further study. We conclude by discussing the implications of these links for epidemiologic research and personalized medicine and lay out a translational research agenda for integrating the psychology of individual differences into public health and medicine.

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PMID21766032
PMCPMC3134197

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