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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-1-5
pubmed:abstractText
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.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0022-3514
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
88
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
189-202
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-11
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15631584-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:15631584-Age Factors, pubmed-meshheading:15631584-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:15631584-Aged, 80 and over, pubmed-meshheading:15631584-Aging, pubmed-meshheading:15631584-Extraversion (Psychology), pubmed-meshheading:15631584-Health Status, pubmed-meshheading:15631584-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:15631584-Life Change Events, pubmed-meshheading:15631584-Linear Models, pubmed-meshheading:15631584-Longitudinal Studies, pubmed-meshheading:15631584-Male, pubmed-meshheading:15631584-Marital Status, pubmed-meshheading:15631584-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:15631584-Personal Satisfaction, pubmed-meshheading:15631584-Time Factors, pubmed-meshheading:15631584-United States, pubmed-meshheading:15631584-United States Department of Veterans Affairs, pubmed-meshheading:15631584-Veterans
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Change in life satisfaction during adulthood: findings from the veterans affairs normative aging study.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Psychology, Fordham University, Bronx, NY 10458, USA. mroczek@fordham.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.