Affiliation:
1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Department of Psychology, Wayne State University
2. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University
Abstract
The longevities of deceased major league baseball players who died prior to 1950 ( N = 3,835) and whose initials formed acronyms, words, or names with “positive” or “negative” affect, as rated a priori by two judges, were compared with those for a group of neutral controls matched for birth year and career length, using the Berkeley standardized mortality tables. Players ( n = 11) with positive initials, e.g., A.C.E., lived a mean of 13 years longer than players ( n = 30) with negative initials, e.g., D.E.D., or players with neutral initials ( n = 864). These results corroborated a previous study and suggest positive name symbols are associated with increased longevity in this sample.
Subject
Sensory Systems,Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
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