The Precocity-Longevity Hypothesis : Earlier Peaks in Career Achievement Predict Shorter Lives  

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McCann, Stewart J.H. ; McCann, Stewart J. H.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin (http://journals.sagepub.com/home/pspc) vol. 27 no. 11 (2001), page 1429-1439.
Topik: hypothesis; precocity - longevity hypothesis; peaks; career achievement
Fulltext: 1429PSPB2711.pdf (85.85KB)

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A new precocity - longevity hypothesis that those who reach career peaks earlier tend to have shorter lives was tested with 23 samples of eminent persons (N = 1,026), including U. S. presidents, French presidents, Canadian prime ministers, British prime ministers, New Zealand prime ministers, Australian prime ministers, male British monarchs, popes, U. S. Supreme Court justices, U. S. vice presidents, Nova Scotia premiers, Nobel prize winners, Oscar winners for acting, signers of the U. S. Declaration of Independence, and distinguished American psychologists. Support was found in 22 samples. Supplementary analyses showed that the association between precocity and life span is robust and apparently does not result wholly from the artifact of persons with younger sample recruitment ages having shorter life expectancies or from a sample selection artifact described by D. K. Simonton. Explanatory dynamics based on stress and Type A personality are suggested.

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