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In a study following 660 people for over two decades, those holding positive beliefs about their own aging lived about seven and a half years longer than those who did not.

Becca Levy and colleagues, 2002 · Yale researchers on self-perceptions of aging

Levy, Slade, Kunkel and Kasl, 'Longevity Increased by Positive Self-Perceptions of Aging', Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 2002

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Becca Levy and colleagues: In a study following 660 people for over two decades, those holding positive beliefs about their own aging lived about seven and a half years longer than those who did not.