What matters, and what matters most, for change in life satisfaction in the oldest-old? A study over 6 years among individuals 80+

Anne Ingeborg Berg · Lesa Hoffman · Linda Björk Hassing · Gerald E. McClearn · Boo E. A. Johansson

121 citations0/0 files storedAging & Mental Health

No readable copy stored yet — this record is metadata only.

No open-access location is known for this record yet.

Literature note Cite in a project Citation map

Aging and Gerontology Research Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction Aging, Health, and Disability

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: The study investigates whether markers of life satisfaction identified in a cross-sectional study-quality of social network, self-rated health, depressive symptoms, locus of control and widowhood, in addition to financial satisfaction and the personality traits of extraversion and neuroticism-predict change in life satisfaction (LSI-Z) across four measurement occasions during a 6-year period in individuals aged 80+. METHOD: Data were drawn from the Swedish OCTO-Twin-study of individuals aged 80 and older. RESULTS: Growth curve analysis showed a relatively consistent significant linear decline in life satisfaction, but certain markers predicted change in life satisfaction. The loss of spouse, in particular in men, and higher levels of depressive symptoms were related to lower levels of life satisfaction over time. CONCLUSION: The results from the study question the notion of a life-long stability of life satisfaction.

Paper brief

Loading…

Cite this work

Citation unavailable for this work.

BibTeX RIS CSL-JSON

No public copy is stored for this record, so only the metadata is cited.

Citations in this library

Citation map →

Stored only when both papers are in the corpus — 121 citations exist upstream.

References

1977The CES-D Scale 1985The Satisfaction With Life Scale 1966Generalized expectancies for internal versus external control of reinforcement.1999Subjective well-being: Three decades of progress.2000Influences of socioeconomic status, social network, and competence on subjective well-being in later life: A meta-analysis.1992Motivation for social contact across the life span: a theory of socioemotional selectivity.2001Gender Differences in Self-Concept and Psychological Well-Being in Old Age: A Meta-Analysis 2001Gender Differences in the Relationship Between Marital Status Transitions and Life Satisfaction in Later Life

Cited by

2023The development of subjective well-being across the life span: A meta-analytic review of longitudinal studies.2012The Older They Are, the Less Successful They Become? Findings from the Georgia Centenarian Study 2012Social networks and subjective wellbeing among older Europeans: does age make a difference?2019Life Satisfaction and Depression in the Oldest Old: A Longitudinal Study 2017Changes in Life Satisfaction in the Retirement Transition: Interaction Effects of Transition Type and Individual Resources

Explore the map →

Papers that cite the same references — the relational fallback while embeddings are still backfilling.

Imported from OpenAlex (CC0) — nothing here is generated.