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What matters, and what matters most, for change in life satisfaction in the oldest-old?
— a study over 6 years among individuals 80+ | | Author(s) | Anne Ingeborg Berg, Lesa Hoffman, Linda Björk Hassing |
| Journal title | Aging & Mental Health, vol 13, no 2, March 2009 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis, March 2009 |
| Pages | pp 191-201 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Life satisfaction ; Octogenarians ; Twins ; Longitudinal surveys ; Sweden. |
| Annotation | The study uses data from the Swedish OCTO-Twin study to investigates whether markers of life satisfaction identified in a cross-sectional study. predict change in life satisfaction (LSI-Z) across four measurement occasions during a 6-year period in individuals aged 80+. The markers of life satisfaction concerned are quality of social network, self-rated health, depressive symptoms, locus of control and widowhood, financial satisfaction, and the personality traits of extraversion and neuroticism. 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, particularly in men, and higher levels of depressive symptoms were related to lower levels of life satisfaction over time. The results from the study question the notion of a life-long stability of life satisfaction. (RH) |
| Accession Number | CPA-090616208 A |
| Classmark | F:5HH: BBM: SVR: 3J: 76P |
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