Aging and Subjective Well-Being in Later Life
Aging and Subjective Well-Being in Later Life
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DOI：
10.1093/geronb/gbu006
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发表时间：
2014-11-01
影响因子：
6.2
通讯作者：
Chandola, Tarani
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作者：
Jivraj, Stephen;Nazroo, James;Chandola, Tarani
目标.本文运用幸福感的幸福感、评价性和情感性三个维度，探讨了老年人主观幸福感（SWB）的年龄相关变化。使用来自英国老龄化纵向研究（2002-11）的5波50岁及以上受访者的数据，我们拟合多水平线性增长曲线模型，以检验队列差异和个体老龄化对生活质量、抑郁症和生活满意度的影响。老年人队列被证明有相等或更好的主观幸福感比年轻的队列的每一个幸福的措施。尽管如此，观察到每个幸福指标的个体衰老效应，老年人群的幸福感最差，即使在调整晚年生活中与年龄相关的变化时，包括丧偶，退休和健康状况下降。结果表明，虽然老年人群体享有较高的水平比年轻的同行在类似的情况下，他们的主观幸福感经历了急剧下降，特别是在非常古老的队列。研究结果表明，分离出的队列差异和老龄化的影响，并考虑到主观幸福感的多维度，以确定年龄开始恶化的点，在不同的措施的重要性。
Objectives. This paper examines age-related changes in subjective well-being (SWB) in later life using multiple measures that cover eudemonic, evaluative, and affective dimensions of well-being.Method. Using data from 5 waves of respondents aged 50 and older from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (2002-11), we fit multilevel linear growth curve models to examine the cohort differences and individual aging effects on quality of life, depressive symptomatology, and life satisfaction.Results. Older cohorts are shown to have equivalent or better SWB than younger cohorts for each well-being measure. Nonetheless, individual aging effects for each well-being measure were observed with deterioration in well-being being greatest in older cohorts, even when adjusting for age-related changes in later life, including widowhood, retirement, and declining health.Discussion. The results suggest that although older cohorts enjoy higher levels of SWB than their younger counterparts when under similar circumstances, they experience sharper declines, especially in the very oldest cohorts. The findings demonstrate the importance of separating out cohort differences and aging effects and also of taking into account the multidimensionality of SWB to determine the point at which age deterioration begins to occur across different measures.