ArticleFrontiers in psychology2016
Positive Affect Is Inversely Associated with Mortality in Individuals without Depression.
Article in Frontiers in psychology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03343886 (Ageing and Health. Spanish Longitudinal Study on Ageing, Physical and Mental Health, and Its Determinants), which is not on this map. Cited by 6 papers.
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Ageing and Health. Spanish Longitudinal Study on Ageing, Physical and Mental Health, and Its Determinants
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6 citing papers in PubMed.
- Associations between plasma proteins and psychological wellbeing: evidence from over 20 years of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing.Molecular psychiatry · 2026Article
- Associations between plasma proteins and psychological wellbeing: evidence from over 20 years of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2025Article
- Positive affect and peripheral inflammatory markers among adults: A narrative review.Psychoneuroendocrinology · 2021Review
- Psychometric Properties of the Perceived Stress Questionnaire (PSQ) in 15-16 Years Old Norwegian Adolescents.Frontiers in psychology · 2018Article
- Association of experienced and evaluative well-being with health in nine countries with different income levels: a cross-sectional study.Globalization and health · 2017Article
- High levels of cynical distrust partly predict premature mortality in middle-aged to ageing men.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2017Article
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Abstract
backgroundSome studies have analyzed the relation between well-being and mortality but none of them have attempted to disentangle the differential influence that positive affect, negative affect, and evaluative well-being might have on mortality using a longitudinal design in the general population and measuring independently and accurately each component of well-being. The aim of the present study is to assess the association of these well-being components with mortality after adjusting for health and other lifestyle factors and to analyze whether this association is different in people with and without depression.
methodsA nationally representative sample of 4753 people from Spain was followed up after 3 years. Analyses were performed with Cox regression models among the total sample and separately in people with and without depression.
resultsIn the analyses adjusted for age, sex, and years of education, all three well-being variables showed separately a statistically significant association with mortality. However, after adjustment for health status and other confounders including the other well-being components, only positive affect remained as marginally associated with a decreased risk of mortality in the overall sample [HR = 0.87; 95% CI = 0.73-1.03], in particular among individuals without depression [HR = 0.82; 95% CI = 0.68-0.99].
conclusionPositive affect is inversely associated with mortality in individuals without depression. Future research should focus on assessing interventions associated with a higher level of positive affect.
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