Life Expectancy Can Explain the Precocity-Longevity Hypothesis Association of Early Career Success and Early Death

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作者
McCann, Stewart J. H. [1 ]
机构
[1] Cape Breton Univ, Sydney, NS B1P 6L2, Canada
来源
JOURNAL OF GENETIC PSYCHOLOGY | 2015年 / 176卷 / 06期
关键词
age; death; life span; precocity-longevity hypothesis; peak achievement; PREDICTS SHORTER LIFE; ACHIEVEMENT; AGE; PLAYERS;
D O I
10.1080/00221325.2015.1088505
中图分类号
B844 [发展心理学(人类心理学)];
学科分类号
040202 ;
摘要
The precocity-longevity hypothesis that those who reach career milestones earlier in life have shorter life spans was tested with the 430 men elected to serve in the House of Representatives for the 71st U.S. Congress in 1929-1930 who were alive throughout 1930. There was no tendency for those first serving at an earlier age to die sooner or those serving first at a later age to die later than expected based on individual life expectancy in 1930. Although age at first serving was correlated with death age, the correlation was not significant when expected death age was controlled. The results cast serious doubt on the contention of the precocity-longevity hypothesis that the developmental aspects of the prerequisites, concomitants, and consequences of early career achievement peaks actively enhance the conditions for an earlier death.
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