ArticlePsychology and aging2017
Levels of and changes in life satisfaction predict mortality hazards: Disentangling the role of physical health, perceived control, and social orientation.
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- Are Perfectionists Always Dissatisfied with Life? An Empirical Study from the Perspective of Self-Determination Theory and Perceived Control.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Longitudinal associations between domains of flourishing.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Life satisfaction of Korean Vietnam War Veterans in later life: A lifespan approach.Military psychology : the official journal of the Division of Military Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2022Article
- Attending live sporting events predicts subjective wellbeing and reduces loneliness.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Awareness of Age-Related Change as a Behavioral Determinant of Survival Time in Very Old Age.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- Changes in Social, Romantic, and General Life Satisfaction Over the Course of a Substance Use Disorder.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Article
- Associations of Wellbeing Levels, Changes, and Within-Person Variability With Late-Life All-Cause Mortality Across 12 Years: Contrasting Hedonic vs. Eudaimonic Wellbeing Among Very Old Adults.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- What Matters and What Matters Most for Survival After age 80? A Multidisciplinary Exploration Based on Twin Data.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- Benefits of Grandparental Caregiving in Chinese Older Adults: Reduced Lonely Dissatisfaction as a Mediator.Frontiers in psychology · 2020Article
- The Factors Associated with 3-Year Mortality Stratified by Physical and Mental Multimorbidity and Area of Residence Deprivation in Primary Care Community-Living Older Adults.Journal of aging and healthArticle
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Abstract
It is well documented that well-being typically evinces precipitous decrements at the end of life. However, research has primarily taken a postdictive approach by knowing the outcome (date of death) and aligning, in retrospect, how well-being has changed for people with documented death events. In the present study, we made use of a predictive approach by examining whether and how levels of and changes in life satisfaction prospectively predict mortality hazards and delineate the role of contributing factors, including health, perceived control, and social orientation. To do so, we applied shared parameter growth-survival models to 20-year longitudinal data from 10,597 participants (n = 1,560 [15%] deceased; age at baseline: M = 44 years, SD = 17, range = 18-98 years) from the national German Socio-Economic Panel Study. Our findings showed that lower levels and steeper declines of life satisfaction each uniquely predicted higher mortality risks. Results also revealed moderating effects of age and perceived control: Life satisfaction levels and changes had stronger predictive effects for mortality hazards among older adults. Perceived control was associated with lower mortality hazards; however, this effect was diminished for those who experienced accelerated life satisfaction decline. Variance decomposition suggests that predictive effects of life satisfaction trajectories were partially unique (3%-6%) and partially shared with physical health, perceived control, and social orientation (17%-19%). Our discussion focuses on the strengths and challenges of a predictive approach to link developmental changes (in life satisfaction) to mortality hazards, and considers implications of our findings for healthy aging. (PsycINFO Database Record
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