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- Title
Change in life satisfaction during adulthood: findings from the veterans affairs normative aging study.
- Authors
Mroczek, Daniel K; Spiro, Avron, 3rd
- Abstract
Change in life satisfaction was modeled over a 22-year period in 1,927 men. A curvilinear relationship emerged. Growth-curve models indicated that life satisfaction peaked at age 65 and then declined, but showed significant individual differences in rate of change. Extraversion predicted variability in change, with higher levels associated with a high and flat life satisfaction trajectory. Time-varying physical health and marital status were associated with higher life satisfaction. Proximity to death was associated with a decline in life satisfaction. On measurement occasions that were within 1 year before death, trajectories showed steeper decline, and this effect was not attributable to declines in self-rated physical health. The findings are at odds with prior (cross-sectional) research showing that subjective well-being improves with aging.
- Publication
Journal of personality and social psychology, 2005, Vol 88, Issue 1, p189
- ISSN
0022-3514
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1037/0022-3514.88.1.189