Do Conscientious Individuals Live Longer? A Quantitative Review

Health Psychology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 505-512

  Kern, Margaret L ^a   Friedman, Howard S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

conscientiousness; longevity; meta analysis; mortality risk; personality traits

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSCIENCE; HEALTH STATUS; LONGEVITY; MORTALITY; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL TIME;

HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; PERSONALITY; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY;

EID: 54949124245     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-6133.27.5.505     Document Type: Article

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