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Why do some people live to be older than others?You know the standard explanations: keeping a moderate diet, engaging in regular exercise, what effect does your personality have on your longevity?Do some kinds of personalities lead to longer lives?A new study in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society looked at this question by examining the personality characteristics of 246 children of people who had lived to be at least 100.
The study shows that those living the longest are more outgoing,more active and less neurotic (神經質的) than other -living women are also more likely to be sympathetic and cooperative than women with a normal life e findings are in agreement with what you would expect from the evolutionary theory: those who like to make friends and help others can gather enough resources to make it through tough times.
Interestingly,however,other characteristics that you might consider advantageous had no impact on whether study participants were likely to live e who were more self-disciplined,for instance,were no more likely to live to be very ,being open to new ideas had no relationship to long life,which might explain all those bad-tempered old people who are fixed in their ways.
Whether you can successfully change your personality as an adult is the subject of a longstanding psychological the new paper suggests that if you want long life,you should strive to be as outgoing as possible.
Unfortunately,another recent study shows that your mother’s personality may also help determine your study looked at nearly 28,000 Norwegian mothers and found that those moms who were more anxious,depressed and angry were more likely to feed their kids unhealthy erns of childhood eating can be hard to break when we’re adults,which may mean that kids of depressed moms end up dying younger.
Personality isn’t destiny(命運),and everyone knows that individuals can learn to both studies show that long life isn’t just a matter of your physical health but of your mental health.
finding of the study might prove somewhat out of our expectation？
ful people can live a relatively long life.
iness to accept new ideas offer more possibility to enjoy longevity.
g self-discipline makes no difference to longevity.
onality characteristics that prove advantageous actually vary with times.
rding to the author,outgoing and sympathctic people _______.
a good understanding of evolution. more likely to recover from hardship.
probably more active and neurotic. rally appear more resourceful.
does the recent study of Norwegian mothers show？
dren’s personality characteristics are always shared by their mothers.
le with unhealthy eating habits are likely to die at a young age.
ers’ may have a longer influence on children than fathers’.
ers’ ancient may affect their children’s life spans.
can we learn from the findings of the two new studies？
A.A mixture of mental and physical health produces longevity.
B.A person’s lifestyle is largely related to his or her health.
onality plays a decisive and significant role in how healthy one is.
ety and depression more often than not cut short one’s life span.
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