Optimism and Cause-Specific Mortality: A Prospective Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT: Growing evidence has linked positive psychological attributes like optimism to a lower risk of poor health outcomes, especially cardiovascular disease. It has been demonstrated in randomized trials that optimism can be learned. If associations between optimism and broader health outcomes are established, it may lead to novel interventions that improve public health and longevity. In the present study, we evaluated the association between optimism and cause-specific mortality in women after considering the role of potential confounding (sociodemographic characteristics, depression) and intermediary (health behaviors, health conditions) variables. We used prospective data from the Nurses' Health Study (n = 70,021). Dispositional optimism was measured in 2004; all-cause and cause-specific mor

SUBMITTER: Kim ES 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5209589 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature