Does life satisfaction change with age? A comparison of Estonia, Finland, Latvia, and Sweden

被引：39

作者：

Realo, Anu ^{[1
]}

Dobewall, Henrik ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Tartu, Dept Psychol, EE-50410 Tartu, Estonia

来源：

JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN PERSONALITY | 2011年 / 45卷 / 03期

关键词：

Life satisfaction across the lifespan; Cultural differences; Cross-sectional time-lag design; HAPPINESS; COHORT; TIME; PERSONALITY; EMOTIONS; PATTERNS; QUALITY; INCOME; PERIOD;

D O I：

10.1016/j.jrp.2011.03.004

中图分类号：

B84 [心理学];

学科分类号：

04 ; 0402 ;

摘要：

In this study, the relationship between age and life satisfaction was examined over a period of 27 years (1982-2009) in four countries-Estonia, Finland, Latvia, and Sweden-using nationally representative samples of adults between the ages of 15 and 100 from the European Value Survey, the World Values Survey, and the European Social Survey (total N = 39,420). Unlike in Finland and Sweden, the relationship between age and subjective well-being in Estonia and Latvia was best described as curvilinear, with younger and older people having higher levels of life satisfaction. The observed age differences in life satisfaction in Estonia and Latvia, however, seem to be due to an interaction of cohort and period differences. (C) 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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页码：297 / 308

页数：12

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