Is age-related stability of subjective well-being a paradox? Cross-sectional and longitudinal evidence from the Berlin Aging Study
Is age-related stability of subjective well-being a paradox? Cross-sectional and longitudinal evidence from the Berlin Aging Study
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10.1037//0882-7974.15.3.511
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发表时间：
2000-09-01
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3.7
通讯作者：
Smith, J
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作者：
Kunzmann, U;Little, TD;Smith, J
尽管存在与健康相关的损失，主观幸福感被认为在老年时期仍保持相对稳定。使用柏林老龄化研究（年龄范围 70-103 岁）的横断面（N = 516）和纵向（N = 203）样本，将年龄和功能健康限制作为个体差异和个体内主观幸福感变化的预测因素，如积极和消极影响所示。在横断面和纵向分析中，年龄和功能健康限制与积极情绪负相关，但与消极情绪无关。从横截面来看，控制功能健康限制扭转了猿与积极情感之间关系的方向，并在年龄和消极情感之间产生了负相关。研究结果表明，总体主观幸福感的平均稳定性需要满足两个条件：只有主观幸福感的某些维度保持稳定，而其他维度则下降；年龄本身并不是主观幸福感下降的原因，但健康限制才是。
Subjective well-being is thought to remain relatively stable into old age despite health-related losses. Age and functional health constraints were examined as predictors of individual differences and intraindividual change in subjective well-being, as indicated by positive and negative affect, using cross-sectional (N = 516) and longitudinal (N = 203) samples from the Berlin Aging Study (age range 70-103 years). In cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses, age and functional health constraints were negatively related to positive affect but unrelated to negative affect. Cross-sectionally, controlling for functional health constraints reversed the direction of the relationship between ape and positive affect and produced a negative association between age and negative affect. Findings suggest two qualifications to the average stability of overall subjective wellbeing: Only some dimensions of subjective well-being remain stable, while others decline; age per se is not a cause of decline in subjective well-being but health constraints are.