Personality and Longevity: Knowns, Unknowns, and Implications for Public Health and Personalized Medicine

<table>An example of specific traits with major loadings on each of the Big 5. In the diagram, the two compound traits studied with respect to longevity, hostility and Type D, are combinations of traits from different Big 5 dimensions. Numerous other traits and combinations exist; see [<a href="../#B49">49</a>] for a comprehensive mapping of specific traits composing each of the Big 5, and [<a href="../#B278">86</a>] for a comprehensive analysis of compound traits composed of 2 Big 5, with a similar perspective also presented in [<a href="../#B52">52</a>].</table>

Journal of Aging Research

fig2

Figure 2

Figure 2: Personality and Longevity: Knowns, Unknowns, and Implications for Public Health and Personalized Medicine 