Used Cox regression models to examine associations between 17 indicators of psychological functioning (intellectual abilities, personality, subjective well-being, and social relations) and mortality. The sample consisted of 516 participants (aged 70-103 yrs) in the Berlin Aging Study assessed between 1990 and 1993. By 1996, 50% had died. 11 indicators were identified as mortality risk factors… Continue reading Psychological predictors of mortality in old age