長壽的祕密:5大人格特質讓你活得更久

Conscientious
"Conscientiousness, which was the best predictor of longevity in childhood, also turned out to be the best personality predictor of long life in adulthood," the authors wrote in their book. "The young adults who were thrifty, persistent, detail oriented, and responsible lived the longest."
自覺
“童年時自覺性是長壽最好的預測，長大後也就變成了預言長壽的最好特性，”作者在他們的書裏寫道。“節儉、持之以恆、注重細節以及負責的年輕人活得更久。”

Easy To Laugh
In a study published this past May in the journal Aging, researchers from Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Yeshiva University pinpointed several personality traits linked to a longer lifespan. Among the list? Frequent laughter, HuffPost reported when the findings were released.
容易大笑
在今年5月在《Aging》期刊上公佈的一項研究，來自愛因斯坦醫學院和葉史瓦大學的研究者發現了幾個與長壽有關的人格特質。在這個列表中嗎？經常大笑，當結果發佈時《赫芬頓郵報》報道。

Socially Connected
Thank your family and friends for this one: a 2010 study published in the journal PloS Medicine found that strong social relationships can boost survival odds by 50 percent.
"We take relationships for granted as humans -- we're like fish that don't notice the water," BYU's Timothy Smith said in a statement about the findings. "That constant interaction is not only beneficial psychologically but directly to our physical health."
社會交往
對這一結果要感謝你的家人和朋友：2010年發表在《公共科學圖書館》期刊上的一項研究報告稱良好的社會關係可以提高50%的生存機率。
“作爲人類我們把社會關係視爲理所當然——我們就像沒有注意到水的魚一樣，”對此發現楊百翰大學的蒂莫西•史密斯在一份聲明中說。“不斷互動不僅有利於人們的心理健康，而且直接影響身體健康。”

Happy
Don't worry, be happy, live longer? A study published last year in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that older people who report being happy have a 35 percent decreased risk of dying over five years, HuffPost reported when the findings were released. The researchers evaluated more than 3,000 people by monitoring their happiness throughout the day -- they then followed up five years later to see how many had died.
快樂
別擔心，快樂點，活得更久？去年發表在《美國國家科學院院刊》上的一項報告發現，稱自己快樂的老年人5年後的死亡風險降低了35%，當結果公佈時《赫芬頓郵報》報道。通過一整天監控他們的快樂，研究人員評估了3000多人——然後5年後他們追蹤看有多少人去世。

Optimistic
The same 2012 Aging study that identified frequent laughter as a boost to longevity also found that optimism might tack on years to your life.
樂觀
與2012《Aging》研究一致，發現頻繁的笑聲能促進長壽，還發現樂觀可以讓你多活幾年。

Extroverted
"For example, people who are lower in neuroticism are able to manage or regulate stressful situations more effectively than those with higher neuroticism levels. Similarly, high extroversion levels have been associated with establishing friendships and looking after yourself."
外向
“例如，低神經質的人比有更高的神經質水平的人更能有效地管控調節壓力的情況。同樣，外向與建立友誼和照顧自己相關聯。”