Open this publication in new window or tab >>2016 (English)In: Aging & Mental Health, ISSN 1360-7863, E-ISSN 1364-6915, Vol. 20, no 6, p. 559-566Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Objective: Bereavement effects on mortality risk were investigated in 1150 randomly selected participants, aged 60-104, in the Swedish National Study of Aging and Care.
Method: Cox proportional hazards models, controlling for age, gender, functional ability, the personality traits neuroticism and conscientiousness as well as time since the latest loss were used to predict mortality risk.
Results: Having lost a child, spouse or both child and spouse did not predict mortality risk. An indirect link between bereavement and mortality was found showing for each year since loss the mortality risk decreased by about 1%. Neuroticism, but not conscientiousness, was associated with mortality risk, with a small-effect size.
Conclusions: The different bereavements did not predict mortality risk while an indirect link was found showing that mortality risk decreased with time.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Routledge, 2016
Keywords
loss/bereavement/life events, mortality risk, personality
National Category
Psychology
Research subject
Social Sciences, Psychology
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-42899 (URN)10.1080/13607863.2015.1031638 (DOI)000372119100001 ()25856539 (PubMedID)2-s2.0-84961212316 (Scopus ID)
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2015-04-282015-04-282017-12-04Bibliographically approved