Does neuroticism make you old? Prospective associations between neuroticism and leukocyte telomere length

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 723-729

  Van Ockenburg, S L ^a   De Jonge, P ^a   Van Der Harst, P ^a   Ormel, J ^a   Rosmalen, J G M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cellular aging; Negative affectivity; Neuroticism; Personality; Stress; Telomere length

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CELL AGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NEUROSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; TELOMERE; TELOMERE SHORTENING;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CELL AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TELOMERE; TELOMERE SHORTENING;

EID: 84896481830     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291713001657     Document Type: Article

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