In general, there is good evidence that higher level of conscientiousness and lower levels of hostility and Type D or "distressed" personality are associated with greater longevity.
Key points. Among the "Big Five" personality traits, conscientiousness is especially predictive of living a longer life.
Why Do Conscientious People Tend to Live Longer? So, when it comes to longevity, the trait of conscientiousness appears to be the most consequential predictor.
"These results suggest that high scores in the specific personality traits conscientiousness, extraversion, and openness, are associated with longevity," the researchers wrote.
Since Conscientiousness was the only personality trait that predicted mortality after adjusting for demographic factors, all other traits were dropped from the mediation analysis.
Following an examination of the 655 factors in independent analyses, proxy measures of health itself, as measured through self-reported health, recent morbidities, disability, medication use, and walking pace, were, not surprisingly, the strongest predictors of all-cause mortality, as they capture the most proximal ...
Agreeableness and Conscientiousness showed relatively gradual increases in absolute scores across the life span whereas Neuroticism showed relatively gradual decreases.
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Researchers have found that conscientiousness increases through young adulthood into middle age, as we become better able to manage our personal relationships and careers. Agreeableness also increases with age, peaking between 50 to 70 years. However, neuroticism and extroversion tend to decline slightly with age.
Ongoing research has suggested that extroverts are more likely to live longer. The reasons for this vary, with some studies noting that people who are outgoing and sociable experience a boost in mood and well-being, which can lead to a more fulfilling life.
ESFJ. Those who are extroverted, sensing, feeling, and judging are often identified as one of the kindest types by experts. "ESFJs have extroverted feeling as a dominant cognitive function," Gonzalez-Berrios says. "This makes them rule by their hearts.
The Anarchist.
This rebellious personality type is perhaps one of the most exasperating to manage. These types enjoy behaving recklessly and acting out in ways others find off-putting, uncomfortable or even obscene. This type of person has a difficult time socializing with others and are quick to boredom.
Assertive Logisticians (ISTJ-A) (85%), in particular, being the most practical and fact-minded of the Sentinels, were the most likely personality type in this Role to be concerned with being on time.
Longer life spans tend to run in families, which suggests that shared genetics, lifestyle, or both play an important role in determining longevity. The study of longevity genes is a developing science.
They isolated five. Those who were optimistic, resilient, stubborn, hardworking, and family-oriented, tended to live longer and enjoyed better psychological health.
We become more conscientious and agreeable, and less neurotic. The levels of the “Dark Triad” personality traits, Machiavellianism, narcissism, and psychopathy also tend to go down – and with them, our risk of antisocial behaviours such as crime and substance abuse.
Neuroticism. The final Big Five personality trait is neuroticism. This is associated with negative emotions such as anxiety, depression, anger, and emotional instability.
In that phase of later adulthood, people seem to decrease, on average, in openness to experience, conscientiousness, and extroversion—particularly a subcategory of extroversion called “social vitality.”
Life expectancy for Black people was only 70.8 years compared to 76.4 years for White people and 77.7 years for Hispanic people. It was highest for Asian people at 83.5 years and lowest for AIAN people who had a life expectancy of 65.2 years.
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People with avoidant personality disorder have chronic feelings of inadequacy and are highly sensitive to being negatively judged by others. Though they would like to interact with others, they tend to avoid social interaction due to the intense fear of being rejected by others.
Individuals tend to increase their levels of Neuroticism, especially in young adult life, between 20 and 40 years of age, and older people tend to obtain lower scores (Roberts et al., 2006). Neuroticism declines with age, while Agreeableness and Conscientiousness increase with age (Costa & McCrae (2006).
Emotional stability (reversed neuroticism) is the main correlate of psychopathology, whereas the personality traits extraversion and agreeableness are uniquely associated with positive mental health.