Keyword: Well-being
Neighborhoods, poverty, and children’s well-being
Neighborhoods, poverty and children’s well-being: A review
Psychological resources for well-being among octogenarians, nonagenarians, and centenarians: Differential effects of age and selective mortality
“Life Still Isn’t Fair”: Parental Differential Treatment of Young Adult Siblings
Parental differential treatment has been linked to individual well-being and sibling relationship quality in childhood, adolescence, and middle adulthood but has not been examined in young adulthood. Data were collected from 151 pairs of young adult siblings (N = 302, M age = 23.90, SD = 5.02). Two siblings in each family reported on treatment… Continue reading “Life Still Isn’t Fair”: Parental Differential Treatment of Young Adult Siblings
National time accounting: The currency of life
Effects of pre-retirement personality, health and job lock on post-retirement subjective well-being
Retirement can be difficult, and experiences vary greatly. Although health, financial status, and family responsibilities have been associated with retirement adjustment, individual psychosocial characteristics may also play a role. Moreover, relatively little is known about the impact of perceived ìjob lockîóthe belief that retirement is impossible due to financial or health constraintsóand its relationship with… Continue reading Effects of pre-retirement personality, health and job lock on post-retirement subjective well-being
Individual Well-being in Middle and Older Adulthood: Do Spousal Beliefs Matter?
Associations between health, control beliefs, and well-being in later life are frequently conceptualized in terms of the characteristics of individuals. However, spousal interdependencies in psychosocial characteristics are also likely to be relevant for well-being. The present study investigated associations of self-rated health, control, and relationship closeness with life satisfaction and positive and negative affect in… Continue reading Individual Well-being in Middle and Older Adulthood: Do Spousal Beliefs Matter?
Subjective well-being and mortality revisited: Differential effects of cognitive and emotional facets of well-being on mortality
Objective: Subjective well-being (SWB) is an important predictor of mortality. To date, surprisingly little is known about whether cognitive and emotional facets of SWB independently predict mortality, and whether such effects vary by age. Method: This study examined differential effects of life satisfaction (LS), positive affect (PA), and negative affect (NA) on mortality in a… Continue reading Subjective well-being and mortality revisited: Differential effects of cognitive and emotional facets of well-being on mortality
Misimagining the Unimaginable: The Disability Paradox and Health Care Decision Making
Good decision making often requires accurate predictions about how potential outcomes will make one feel. However, people often mispredict the emotional impact of unfamiliar circumstances. For example, they often overestimate the emotional impact that chronic illnesses and disability will have on their lives. In the present article, the authors look at possible sources of error… Continue reading Misimagining the Unimaginable: The Disability Paradox and Health Care Decision Making