3 papers6 findings
Hedonic well-being
no changein humans1
Hedonic well-being has no effect on pace of biological aging in humans.
“Associations with private/eudaimonic well-being and hedonic well-being were rendered non-significant once health and lifestyle factors were accounted for.”
Humansn = 213
Social well-being linked to slower estimated biological aging
Research Square11 Oct 2026Preprint
Eudaimonic well-being
no changein humans1
Eudaimonic well-being has no effect on pace of biological aging in humans.
“Associations with private/eudaimonic well-being and hedonic well-being were rendered non-significant once health and lifestyle factors were accounted for.”
Humansn = 213
Social well-being linked to slower estimated biological aging
Research Square11 Oct 2026Preprint
Education
downin humans1
Education decreases pace of biological aging in humans (r = -0.18 [95% CI, -0.23 to -0.13]; P < .001).
“Participants who were upwardly mobile in educational terms tended to have slower pace of aging in later life (r = -0.18 [95% CI, -0.23 to -0.13]; P < .001).”
Humansn = 3,101
Educational Mobility, Pace of Aging, and Lifespan Among Participants in the Framingham Heart Study
JAMA network open4 Mar 2024
Mortality
mediatesin humans1
Pace of biological aging mediates mortality in humans (approximately half).
“Slower pace of aging accounted for approximately half of this association.”
Humansmediates association between upward educational mobility and mortality
Educational Mobility, Pace of Aging, and Lifespan Among Participants in the Framingham Heart Study
JAMA network open4 Mar 2024
Community volunteering
downin humans1
Community volunteering is associated with pace of biological aging in humans.
“found an indirect association with a slower pace of aging via social well-being”
Humansvia social well-beingn = 213
Social well-being linked to slower estimated biological aging
Research Square11 Oct 2026Preprint
Social well-being
downin humans1
Social well-being is associated with pace of biological aging in humans.
“social dimension of well-being was consistently associated with a slower pace of aging”
Humansn = 213
Social well-being linked to slower estimated biological aging
Research Square11 Oct 2026Preprint
A prospective observational study of 213 adults used single brain scans to estimate aging pace and found the link persisted after health and lifestyle adjustments.A prospective observational study of 213 adults used single brain scans to estimate aging pace and found the link persisted after health and lifestyle adjustments.