Optimists vs pessimists: survival rate among medical patients over a 30-year period.
Mayo Clin Proc
; 75(2): 140-3, 2000 Feb.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To examine explanatory style (how people explain life events) as a risk factor for early death, using scores from the Optimism-Pessimism scale of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI). SUBJECTS ANDMETHODS:
A total of 839 patients completed the MMPI between 1962 and 1965 as self-referred general medical patients. Thirty years later, the vital status of each of these patients was ascertained.RESULTS:
Of the 839 patients, 124 were classified as optimistic, 518 as mixed, and 197 as pessimistic. Follow-up was available for 723 patients. Among these, a 10-point T-score increase on the Optimism-Pessimism scale (e.g., more pessimistic) was associated with a 19% increase in the risk of mortality.CONCLUSION:
A pessimistic explanatory style, as measured by the Optimism-Pessimism scale of the MMPI, is significantly associated with mortality.
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Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Temperamento
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Tasa de Supervivencia
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MMPI
Tipo de estudio:
Etiology_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
País/Región como asunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Mayo Clin Proc
Año:
2000
Tipo del documento:
Article