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- Participants with the lowest life-purpose scores were more than twice as likely to die during the follow-up period, compared with participants with the highest life-purpose scores, the study found. In particular, those with lower life-purpose scores were more likely to die from heart or blood conditions.
May 24, 2019 · Low purpose in life was significantly associated with death among 6985 older adults participating in the HRS. This finding was robust to adjustment for psychological well-being constructs and also showed a trend with decreasing life purpose.
- Aliya Alimujiang, Ashley Wiensch, Jonathan Boss, Nancy L. Fleischer, Alison M. Mondul, Karen McLean,...
- 2019
Dec 3, 2015 · People who have a higher sense of purpose in life are at lower risk of death and cardiovascular disease, reports a pooled data analysis in Psychosomatic Medicine: Journal of...
In analyses stratified by SES, people with the highest level of purpose (versus lowest) consistently tended to have lower mortality risk across levels of SES. However, people with mid-range purpose levels had lower mortality risk only if they also had mid-to-high education, income, and wealth.
- Koichiro Shiba, Laura D. Kubzansky, David R. Williams, Tyler J. VanderWeele, Eric S. Kim
- 10.1016/j.amepre.2021.02.011
- 2021
- 2021/08
Importantly, deceased individuals scored lower on purpose in life (t = 10.65; p < .05) and positive relations with others (t = 3.13, p < .05), but did not differ on positive or negative affect (both p’s > .05).
Nov 16, 2022 · The results showed that people with the highest sense of purpose indicated the lowest risk of death (15.2 percent mortality risk), compared to people with the lowest sense of purpose (36.5 percent mortality risk).
Oct 1, 2008 · Compared to men with a low sense of purpose in life, men with a strong sense of purpose had a significantly lower age-adjusted mortality from stroke, CVD, and all causes. Among men, significant multivariate-adjusted hazard risk (95% CI) after adjustment for potential risk factors other than perceived stress was as follows: 0.28 (0.10-0.84) for ...
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Feb 1, 2023 · Many of us are most likely agree that having a sense of purpose in life is associated with overall both physical and mental health quality of life. Needs a scientific proof to this? This article showed a very interesting association of life purpose with all-cause mortality in older adults.
