The Impact of Subjective Well-being on Mortality: A Meta-Analysis of Longitudinal Studies in the General Population  

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Martin-Maria, Natalia ; Miret, Marta ; Caballero, Francisco Felix ; Rico-Uribe, Laura Alejandra ; Steptoe, Andrew ; Chatterji, Somnath ; Ayuso-Mateos, Jose Luis

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Psychosomatic Medicine: Journal of Biobehavioral Medicine vol. 79 no. 05 (Jun. 2017), page 565-575.
Topik: Subjective Well-being; Mortality; Eudaimonic Well-being; Evaluative Well-being; Longitudinal Study

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Perpustakaan FK Nomor Panggil: P01.K Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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Objective: The aims of the study were to assess whether subjective well-being is a protective factor for mortality in the general population and to analyze the differential impact of evaluative, experienced, and eudaimonic well-being. Methods: Systematic review of articles in the PsycINFO, Web of Science, and PubMed databases. Data on the studies' characteristics, quality, and the effects of variables were extracted. A meta-analysis was conducted on the studies included in the systematic review. Results: A total of 62 articles that investigated mortality in general populations, involving 1,259,949 participants, were found, and added to those considered in a previously published review (n = 14). The meta-analysis showed that subjective well-being was a protective factor for mortality (pooled hazard ratio = 0.920; 95% confidence interval = 0.905–0.934). Although the impact of subjective well-being on survival was significant in both men and women, it was slightly more protective in men. The three aspects of subjective well-being were significant protective factors for mortality. The high level of heterogeneity and the evidences of publication bias may reduce the generalizability of these findings. Conclusions: Our results suggest that subjective well-being is associated with a decreased risk of mortality. Longitudinal studies examining changing levels of well-being and their relationship to longevity would be required to establish a cause–effect relationship. Establishing such a causal relationship would strengthen the case for policy interventions to improve the population subjective well-being to produce longevity gains combined with optimizing quality of life.

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