@article{18bc1814d2be4fc0bc2671261a8f55f4,
title = "Personality predicts mortality risk: An integrative data analysis of 15 international longitudinal studies",
abstract = "This study examined the Big Five personality traits as predictors of mortality risk, and smoking as a mediator of that association. Replication was built into the fabric of our design: we used a Coordinated Analysis with 15 international datasets, representing 44,094 participants. We found that high neuroticism and low conscientiousness, extraversion, and agreeableness were consistent predictors of mortality across studies. Smoking had a small mediating effect for neuroticism. Country and baseline age explained variation in effects: studies with older baseline age showed a pattern of protective effects (HR < 1.00) for openness, and U.S. studies showed a pattern of protective effects for extraversion. This study demonstrated coordinated analysis as a powerful approach to enhance replicability and reproducibility, especially for aging-related longitudinal research.",
keywords = "Generalizability, Health behaviors, Mortality, Personality, Replicability",
author = "Graham, {Eileen K.} and Rutsohn, {Joshua P.} and Turiano, {Nicholas A.} and Rebecca Bendayan and Batterham, {Philip J.} and Denis Gerstorf and Katz, {Mindy J.} and Reynolds, {Chandra A.} and Sharp, {Emily S.} and Yoneda, {Tomiko B.} and Bastarache, {Emily D.} and Elleman, {Lorien G.} and Zelinski, {Elizabeth M.} and Boo Johansson and Diana Kuh and Barnes, {Lisa L.} and Bennett, {David A.} and Deeg, {Dorly J.H.} and Lipton, {Richard B.} and Pedersen, {Nancy L.} and Piccinin, {Andrea M.} and Avron Spiro and Graciela Muniz-Terrera and Willis, {Sherry L.} and {Warner Schaie}, K. and Carol Roan and Pamela Herd and Hofer, {Scott M.} and Mroczek, {Daniel K.}",
note = "Funding Information: Data for the analyses reported in this paper are available in a number of locations. Information about specific data sets can be provided upon request. We would like to thank all participating studies for sharing data and, providing support with respect to data management and execution of analyses. Each study has at least one investigator who is an author on this paper. Funding support for this project was provided by the National Institute on Aging: P01-AG043362 (Integrative Analysis of Longitudinal Studies of Aging (IALSA), [Scott M. Hofer (PI)]), and Daniel K. Mroczek (Co-Investigator and Project Leader of the IALSA Personality & Health Project, as well as R01-AG018436 [Personality & Well-Being Trajectories in Adulthood, Daniel K. Mroczek, PI]). Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2017 Elsevier Inc.",
year = "2017",
month = oct,
doi = "10.1016/j.jrp.2017.07.005",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "70",
pages = "174--186",
journal = "Journal of Research in Personality",
issn = "0092-6566",
publisher = "Academic Press Inc.",
}