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= Big Five Personality Traits =

Health
Being highly conscientious may add as much as five years to one's life. The Big Five personality traits also predict positive health outcomes. In an elderly Japanese sample, conscientiousness, extraversion, and openness were related to lower risk of mortality. Results from a study conducted in 1999 indicate that neuroticism with various negative health issues, where as extraversion, openness, and agreeableness are linked to positive health outcomes and an overall better well-being. These five personality traits also show various levels of perceived susceptibility to health risks caused by certain risky healthy behaviours such as smoking, alcohol dependancy or driving while under the influence, and having unprotected sexual encounters.

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https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1348/135910799168560

https://ac.els-cdn.com/S0165176511004666/1-s2.0-S0165176511004666-main.pdf?_tid=43277acc-d846-42dd-a008-ff65ec76deec&acdnat=1522038437_407276ddb9f9d8f5367c31bbf96e67e9

http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.610.2486&rep=rep1&type=pdf

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