Positive affect is inversely associated with mortality in individuals without depression
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UAM. Departamento de Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública y Microbiología; UAM. Departamento de Psiquiatría; Instituto de Investigación del Hospital de La Princesa (IP); Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Hospital Universitario de La Paz (IdiPAZ)Publisher
Frontiers MediaDate
2016-07-12Citation
10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01040
Frontiers in Psychology 7 (2016): Article 1040
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1664-1078DOI
10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01040Funded by
The research leading to these results has received funding from the European Union Horizon 2020 Framework Programme for Research and Innovation under grant agreement 635316 (ATHLOS Project), from the European Community’s Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under grant agreement number 223071 (COURAGE in Europe), from the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation ACI- Promociona (ACI2009-1010), from the Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental (CIBERSAM) Mental Health and Disability Instruments Library Platform, and from the Instituto de Salud Carlos III-FIS research grants PS09/00295, PS09/01845, PI12/01490, and PI13/00059. Projects PI12/01490 and PI13/00059 have been co-funded by the European Union European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) “A Way to Build Europe.” The study was supported by the Instituto de Salud Carlos III Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental (CIBERSAM). NMM is supported by the programme “Contratos predoctorales para Formación de Personal Investigador, FPI-UAM,” Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, SpainProject
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/635316/EU//ATHLOS; info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/223071; Gobierno de España. ACI2009-1010Editor's Version
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01040Subjects
Depression; Evaluative well-being; Experienced well-being; Longitudinal study; Mortality; MedicinaRights
© 2016 Martín-María, Caballero, Olaya, Rodríguez-Artalejo, Haro, Miret and Ayuso-MateosAbstract
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.
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Google Scholar:Martín-María, Natalia
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Caballero Díaz, Francisco Félix
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Olaya, Beatriz
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Rodríguez Artalejo, Fernando
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Haro, Josep Luis
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Miret García, Marta
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Ayuso Mateos, José Luis
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