ArticleJournal of happiness studies2022
Culture, Aging, Self-Continuity, and Life Satisfaction.
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- A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Association Between Physical Capability, Social Support, Loneliness, Depression, Anxiety, and Life Satisfaction in Older Adults.The Gerontologist · 2024Pooled it
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- Future Self-Continuity and Psychological Well-Being in Chinese College Students: The Mediating Role of Meaning in Life and the Moderating Role of Moral Identity.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Perceived cultural continuity, self-schemas, self-esteem, and psychological distress among members of ethnic groups with endangered scripts in Southwest China.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Family Support Paradox: Exploring Family Support and Life Satisfaction Among Older Adults in Rural Eastern Nepal.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Factorial Invariance of the Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS) in Mexican and Colombian University Students.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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- The relationship between climate change anxiety and pro-environmental behavior in adolescents: the mediating role of future self-continuity and the moderating role of green self-efficacy.BMC psychology · 2024Article
- Psychological Traditionality and Modernity and Happiness: The Different Happiness Levels in Chinese Students.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- The relationship between distress tolerance and life satisfaction among young adults in Saudi Arabia.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Older adult supportive environment at home-a case study in Jordan: overall sense of control associated with home modification.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
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Abstract
The present work examines how culture and age interact to influence self-continuity and life satisfaction. Specifically, we compared Canadian and Chinese young (17-26 years old) and older adults (60-88 years old) in their sense of self-continuity and life satisfaction (N = 424). Consistent with past research, older adults reported greater self-continuity compared to their young counterparts, while cross-cultural comparisons showed that young Chinese reported greater self-continuity than young Canadians. In terms of life satisfaction, older adults again scored higher than younger adults, while cross-cultural comparisons indicated that, this time, young Canadians reported higher life satisfaction than young Chinese. Although the data were cross-sectional, indirect effects analyses showed that self-continuity mediated the effect of age on life satisfaction in both cultural groups, with the indirect effect stronger among Canadians than among Chinese. These findings highlight the importance of considering culture and age when examining psychological outcomes, and the potential of self-continuity as a mechanism to enhance overall life satisfaction.
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