Life satisfaction components and all-cause and cause-specific mortality: large prospective cohort

Lin et al · J Affect Disord · 2024

Key finding

Large cohort: ~6% lower mortality per 1-point increase in overall life satisfaction score (HR ~0.94)

Evidence & causal status

Moderate

Association

Caveats & limitations

Reliability / bias notes: Health satisfaction especially vulnerable to reverse causation

This describes a population-level association from published research. It is not a prediction about any one individual, and association is not the same as causation unless stated otherwise above.