Your Friends Know How Long You Will Live: A 75-Year Study of Peer-Rated Personality Traits

Psychological Science

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 335-340

  Jackson, Joshua J ^a   Connolly, James J ^b   Garrison, S Mason ^c   Leveille, Madeleine M ^b   Connolly, Seamus L ^d  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Connolly Consulting ^*  (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TOURO UNIVERSITY CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

conscientiousness; informant reports; longevity; mortality; peers; personality; survival analysis

Indexed keywords

AGED; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LONGEVITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PEER GROUP; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; SELF REPORT;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; LONGEVITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PEER GROUP; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; SELF REPORT;

EID: 84924901586     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797614561800     Document Type: Article

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