Positive Psychological Well-Being and Mortality: A Quantitative Review of Prospective Observational Studies

By Y. Chida, Andrew Steptoe. Psychosomatic Medicine, 2008

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Subfields: Applied Psychology, Social Psychology

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How Positive Emotions Build Physical Health (2013, background): “…connecting positive emotions to physical health and longevity has steadily grown for a decade (for a metaanalysis linking positive emotions to objective health outcomes, see Howell, Kern, & Lyubomirsky, 2007; for a meta-analysis linking positive emotions to mortality, see Chida & Steptoe, 2008).”
Resilience: Promoting Well-Being Through Recovery, Sustainability, and Growth (2010, methodology): “The association between positive well-being and physical outcomes was assessed in a meta-analysis of prospective studies by Chida and Steptoe (2008 ).”
Workplace happiness, well-being and their relationship with psychological capital: A study of Hungarian Teachers (2019, background): “Individuals with higher levels of well-being perform better at work, are more cooperative (George 1991), have more satisfying relationships, stronger immune systems, fewer sleep problems, lower levels of burnout, greater self-control, better self-regulation and coping abilities, and are more prosoci”
Let’s Focus on Solutions to Entrepreneurial Ill-Being! Recovery Interventions to Enhance Entrepreneurial Well-Being (2021, background): “…short- term gains in workplace creativity (Kark & Carmeli, 2009) and performance (Shirom, 2011), along with longer- term considerations such as increased lifespans (Chida & Steptoe, 2008), and greater durability when faced with diseases (Muraven et al., 2008) or personal struggles (Thayer, 1996).”
Optimism and Physical Health: A Meta-analytic Review (2009, background): “Additionally, Chida and Steptoe [ 17 ] focused on only one outcome, mortality; whereas, the present review focuses on multiple outcomes.”
The Objective Benefits of Subjective Well-Being (2013, background): “A systematic review by Chida and Steptoe (2008) on happiness and future mortality in longitudinal studies showed that happiness lowered the risk of mortality in both healthy and diseased populations, even when initial health and other factors were controlled. Moreover, the experience of positive emo”
Vigor as a Positive Affect at Work: Conceptualizing Vigor, Its Relations with Related Constructs, and Its Antecedents and Consequences (2011, background): “For example, a recent metaanalytic study provided evidence that vigor, among other types of positive affects, is prospectively linked with reduced likelihood of mortality (Chida & Steptoe, 2008).”
World happiness report (2012, background): “See Danner et al. (2001), Chida & Steptoe (2008), and Diener & Chan (2011).”
The relationship between nature connectedness and happiness: a meta-analysis (2014, background): “Lastly, subjective well-being can predict important life outcomes such as health, longevity, and disease (Williams and Schneiderman, 2002; Lyubomirsky et al., 2005; Chida and Steptoe, 2008).”
Happy People Live Longer: Subjective Well-Being Contributes to Health and Longevity (2011, background): “For example, Chida and Steptoe’s (2008) meta-analysis shows the study as one with a large N in which SWB inversely predicted mortality. However, there were essentially no effects of SWB for women in the study before statistical controls were instituted. Further issues related to statistical controls”
Entrepreneurship and well-being: Past, present, and future (2019, background): “, 2013), and are more likely to live longer and healthier lives (Chida and Steptoe, 2008; Diener and Chan, 2011; Wiest et al., 2011).”
Cortisol awakening response and psychosocial factors: a systematic review and meta-analysis. (2009, neutral): “We followed meta-analytic procedures that have been described elsewhere (Chida et al., 2008a,b; Chida and Steptoe, 2008; Chida and Hamer, 2008).”
Psychometric Evaluation of the Simplified Chinese Version of Flourishing Scale (2016, background): “An increasing number of studies have revealed that well-being is associated with a range of positive outcomes, including productivity and creativity, good relationship, prosocial behavior, good health, and life expectancy (Chida & Steptoe, 2008; Dolan, Peasgood, & White, 2008).”
A Scientific Review of the Remarkable Benefits of Happiness for Successful and Healthy Living (2013, background): “Cohen et al. (2003) found that those exposed to cold viruses had more objective cold symptoms if they were low in positive feelings at the outset.”