Personality predicts mortality risk: An integrative data analysis of 15 international longitudinal studies

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 70, Issue , 2017, Pages 174-186

  Graham, Eileen K ^a   Rutsohn, Joshua P ^a   Turiano, Nicholas A ^b   Bendayan, Rebecca ^c   Batterham, Philip J ^d   Gerstorf, Denis ^e   Katz, Mindy J ^f   Reynolds, Chandra A ^g   Sharp, Emily S ^h   Yoneda, Tomiko B ⁱ   Bastarache, Emily D ^j   Elleman, Lorien G ^j   Zelinski, Elizabeth M ^k   Johansson, Boo ^l   Kuh, Diana ^c   Barnes, Lisa L ^m   Bennett, David A ^m   Deeg, Dorly J H ⁿ   Lipton, Richard B ^f   Pedersen, Nancy L ^o   Piccinin, Andrea M ⁱ   Spiro, Avron ^p,q,r   Muniz Terrera, Graciela ^c   Willis, Sherry L ^s   Warner Schaie, K ^s   Roan, Carol ^t   Herd, Pamela ^t   Hofer, Scott M ⁱ   Mroczek, Daniel K ^a,j   more..

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^j NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^m RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁿ VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^o KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^p VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^q BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^r BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^s UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^t UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

Generalizability; Health behaviors; Mortality; Personality; Replicability

Indexed keywords

EID: 85026788493     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2017.07.005     Document Type: Article

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