McCann SJH "The precocity-longevity hypothesis: Earlier peaks in career achievement predict shorter lives" PERSONALITY AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY BULLETIN 27 (11): 1429-1439 NOV 2001

[Eugene Garfield]

Stewart J.H. McCann : mccann at ns.sympatico.ca

TITLE The precocity-longevity hypothesis: Earlier peaks in career
achievement predict shorter lives
AUTHOR McCann SJH
JOURNAL PERSONALITY AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY BULLETIN  27 (11): 1429-1439 NOV
2001

 Document type: Article    Language: English
 Cited References: 52    Times Cited: 0


Abstract:
A new precocity-longevity hypothesis that those who reach career peaks
earlier tend to have shorter lives was tested with 23 samples of eminent
persons (N = 1,026), including U S. presidents, French presidents, Canadian
prime ministers, British Prime ministers, New Zealand prime ministers,
Australian prime ministers, male British monarchs, popes, U.S. Supreme Court
justices, U.S. vice presidents, Nova Scotia premiers, Nobel prize winners,
Oscar winners for acting, signers of the U.S.
Declaration of Independence, and distinguished American psychologists.
Support was found in 22 samples. Supplementary analyses showed that the
association between precocity and 1 fe span is robust and apparently does
not result wholly from the artifact of persons with younger sample
recruitment ages having shorter life expectancies or from a sample selection
artifact described by D. K Simonton. Explanatory dynamics based on stress
and Type A personality are suggested.

KeyWords Plus:
A BEHAVIOR, DISEASE, AGE, PERSONALITY, CREATIVITY, LANDMARKS, DEATH, MODEL,
RISK

Addresses:
McCann SJH, Univ Coll Cape Breton, Dept Behav & Life Sci, POB 5300, Sydney,
NSW B1P 6L2, Australia
Univ Coll Cape Breton, Dept Behav & Life Sci, Sydney, NSW B1P 6L2, Australia

Publisher:
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC, THOUSAND OAKS

IDS Number:
482DN

ISSN:
0146-1672

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