Five Factor Model Personality Traits and All-Cause Mortality in the Edinburgh Artery Study Cohort Export

@article{citeulike:5032022, abstract = {Objective: To examine whether personality traits are related to all-cause mortality in a general adult population in Scotland. Methods: The Edinburgh Artery Study began in 1987 to 1988 by recruiting 1592 men and women aged 55 to 74 years to be followed-up for atherosclerotic diseases. The NEO Five-Factor Inventory (NEO-FFI) was completed by 1035 surviving participants in 1995 to 1996. Deaths from all causes were examined in relation to personality traits and social and physical risk factors for mortality. Results: During follow-up, 242 (37.1\%) men and 165 (24.6\%) women died. For the whole sample, there was a 28\% lower rate of all-cause mortality for each 1 SD increase in NEO-FFI openness (95\% CI, 0.61-0.84) and a 18\% lower rate of all-cause mortality for each 1 SD increase in NEO-FFI conscientiousness (95\% CI, 0.70-0.97). In men, the risk of all-cause mortality was 0.63 (95\% CI, 0.5-10.78) for a 1 SD increase in openness and 0.75 (95\% CI, 0.61-0.91) for a 1 SD increase in conscientiousness. In women, none of the personality domains were significantly associated with all-cause mortality. Well fitting structural equation models in men (n = 652) showed that the relationships between conscientiousness and openness and all-cause mortality were not substantially explained by smoking, or other variables in the models. Conclusion: High conscientiousness and openness may be protective against all-cause mortality in men. Further investigations are needed on the mechanisms of these associations, and the influence of personality traits on specific causes of death. 10.1097/PSY.0b013e3181a65298}, author = {Taylor, Michelle D. and Whiteman, Martha C. and Fowkes, Gerald R. and Lee, Amanda J. and Allerhand, Michael and Deary, Ian J.}, citeulike-article-id = {5032022}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/PSY.0b013e3181a65298}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.psychosomaticmedicine.org/cgi/content/abstract/71/6/631}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19483118}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=19483118}, doi = {10.1097/PSY.0b013e3181a65298}, journal = {Psychosom Med}, keywords = {cohort, cvd, mortality, personality, traits}, month = {July}, number = {6}, pages = {631--641}, posted-at = {2009-07-01 12:58:23}, priority = {4}, title = {Five Factor Model Personality Traits and All-Cause Mortality in the Edinburgh Artery Study Cohort}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/PSY.0b013e3181a65298}, volume = {71}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5032022 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5032022 N2 - Objective: To examine whether personality traits are related to all-cause mortality in a general adult population in Scotland. Methods: The Edinburgh Artery Study began in 1987 to 1988 by recruiting 1592 men and women aged 55 to 74 years to be followed-up for atherosclerotic diseases. The NEO Five-Factor Inventory (NEO-FFI) was completed by 1035 surviving participants in 1995 to 1996. Deaths from all causes were examined in relation to personality traits and social and physical risk factors for mortality. Results: During follow-up, 242 (37.1%) men and 165 (24.6%) women died. For the whole sample, there was a 28% lower rate of all-cause mortality for each 1 SD increase in NEO-FFI openness (95% CI, 0.61-0.84) and a 18% lower rate of all-cause mortality for each 1 SD increase in NEO-FFI conscientiousness (95% CI, 0.70-0.97). In men, the risk of all-cause mortality was 0.63 (95% CI, 0.5-10.78) for a 1 SD increase in openness and 0.75 (95% CI, 0.61-0.91) for a 1 SD increase in conscientiousness. In women, none of the personality domains were significantly associated with all-cause mortality. Well fitting structural equation models in men (n = 652) showed that the relationships between conscientiousness and openness and all-cause mortality were not substantially explained by smoking, or other variables in the models. Conclusion: High conscientiousness and openness may be protective against all-cause mortality in men. Further investigations are needed on the mechanisms of these associations, and the influence of personality traits on specific causes of death. 10.1097/PSY.0b013e3181a65298 IS - 6 JF - Psychosom Med EP - 641 TI - Five Factor Model Personality Traits and All-Cause Mortality in the Edinburgh Artery Study Cohort VL - 71 SP - 631 KW - cohort KW - cvd KW - mortality KW - personality KW - traits AU - Taylor, Michelle AU - Whiteman, Martha AU - Fowkes, Gerald AU - Lee, Amanda AU - Allerhand, Michael AU - Deary, Ian PY - 2009/07/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/PSY.0b013e3181a65298 ER -