Organised, Active Personalities Linked to Longer Life in Major Study
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\nA new study suggests that specific personality traits \u2014 being organized, active, helpful, and responsible \u2014 are strong predictors of a longer lifespan, while frequent stress, anxiety or moodiness appear linked to increased mortality risk. The research, reported by The Guardian, analysed data from over 22,000 adults across four long-term studies, with follow-ups ranging from six to 28 years. <\/p>\n
Researchers, led by Ren\u00e9 M\u00f5ttus of the University of Edinburgh, found that participants who described themselves as \u201cactive\u201d had a 21% lower risk of death during the study period \u2014 even after accounting for age, gender, existing medical conditions, and lifestyle factors. Traits such as being hardworking, thorough, organized, and helpful also showed significant protective associations. <\/p>\n
The study, published in the Journal of Psychosomatic Research, emphasises the importance of nuanced personality metrics over broad trait categories (like the Big Five). The emotional opposites of positive traits \u2014 for example, being moody, anxious or easily upset \u2014 were associated with higher mortality.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Organised, Active Personalities Linked to Longer Life in Major Study ————————————- A new study suggests that specific personality traits \u2014 being organized, active, helpful, and responsible \u2014 are strong predictors of a longer lifespan, while frequent stress, anxiety or moodiness appear linked to increased mortality risk. The research, reported by The Guardian, analysed data from …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":134449,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[9949],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-134450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-psychology-relationships"],"yoast_head":"\n