Conscientiousness and Longevity: An Examination of Possible Mediators

Health Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 536-541

  Hill, Patrick L ^a   Turiano, Nicholas A ^b   Hurd, Michael D ^c   Mroczek, Daniel K ^b   Roberts, Brent W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RAND Center for the Study of Aging   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive functioning; Conscientiousness; Longevity; Personality and health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONSCIENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; LONGEVITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME VARIABLE; PERSONALITY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WORD RECOGNITION;

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 80052644569     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: 19307810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0023859     Document Type: Article

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