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Title: | Positive Affect is inversely associated with mortality in individuals without depression |
Author: | Martín-María, Natalia Caballero Díaz, Francisco F. Olaya Guzmán, Beatriz Rodríguez Artalejo, Fernando Haro Abad, Josep Maria Miret, Marta Ayuso Mateos, José Luis |
Keywords: | Depressió psíquica Mortalitat Mental depression Mortality |
Issue Date: | 12-Jul-2016 |
Publisher: | Frontiers Media |
Abstract: | BACKGROUND: Some studies have analyzed the relation between well-being and mortality but none of them have attempted to disentangle the differential influence that positive affect, negative affect, and evaluative well-being might have on mortality using a longitudinal design in the general population and measuring independently and accurately each component of well-being. The aim of the present study is to assess the association of these well-being components with mortality after adjusting for health and other lifestyle factors and to analyze whether this association is different in people with and without depression. METHODS: A nationally representative sample of 4753 people from Spain was followed up after 3 years. Analyses were performed with Cox regression models among the total sample and separately in people with and without depression. RESULTS: In the analyses adjusted for age, sex, and years of education, all three well-being variables showed separately a statistically significant association with mortality. However, after adjustment for health status and other confounders including the other well-being components, only positive affect remained as marginally associated with a decreased risk of mortality in the overall sample [HR = 0.87; 95% CI = 0.73-1.03], in particular among individuals without depression [HR = 0.82; 95% CI = 0.68-0.99]. CONCLUSION: Positive affect is inversely associated with mortality in individuals without depression. Future research should focus on assessing interventions associated with a higher level of positive affect. |
Note: | Reproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01040 |
It is part of: | Frontiers in Psychology, 2016, vol. 7, num. 1040 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/111763 |
Related resource: | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01040 |
ISSN: | 1664-1078 |
Appears in Collections: | Articles publicats en revistes (Medicina) |
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