scholarly journals Does personality moderate reaction and adaptation to major life events? Analysis of life satisfaction and affect in an Australian national sample

2014 ◽  
Vol 51 ◽  
pp. 69-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivana Anusic ◽  
Stevie C.Y. Yap ◽  
Richard E. Lucas
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Life Events ◽  
National Sample ◽  
Major Life Events ◽  
Major Life ◽  
Moderate Reaction

scholarly journals Changes in life satisfaction when losing one's spouse: individual differences in anticipation, reaction, adaptation and longevity in the German Socio-economic Panel Study (SOEP)

2016 ◽  
Vol 37 (5) ◽  
pp. 899-934 ◽  
Author(s):  
FRANK J. INFURNA ◽  
MAJA WIEST ◽  
DENIS GERSTORF ◽  
NILAM RAM ◽  
JÜRGEN SCHUPP ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Individual Differences ◽  
Life Events ◽  
Panel Study ◽  
Health Resources ◽  
Major Life Events ◽  
Major Life ◽  
Spousal Loss ◽  
Younger Age ◽  
Socio Demographic Factors

ABSTRACTLosing a spouse is among the most devastating events that may occur in people's lives. We use longitudinal data from 1,224 participants in the German Socio-economic Panel Study (SOEP) to examine (a) how life satisfaction changes with the experience of spousal loss; (b) whether socio-demographic factors and social and health resources moderate spousal loss-related changes in life satisfaction; and (c) whether extent of anticipation, reaction and adaptation to spousal loss are associated with mortality. Results reveal that life satisfaction shows anticipatory declines about two and a half years prior to (anticipation), steep declines in the months surrounding (reaction) and lower levels after spousal loss (adaptation). Older age was associated with steeper anticipatory declines, but less steep reactive declines. Additionally, younger age, better health, social participation and poorer partner health were associated with better adaptation. Higher pre-loss life satisfaction, less steep reactive declines and better adaptation were associated with longevity. The discussion focuses on the utility of examining the interrelatedness among anticipation, reaction and adaptation to further our understanding of change in life satisfaction in the context of major life events.

Comparison of two modes of stress measurement: Daily hassles and uplifts versus major life events

1981 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Allen D. Kanner ◽  
James C. Coyne ◽  
Catherine Schaefer ◽  
Richard S. Lazarus
Keyword(s):  
Life Events ◽  
Stress Measurement ◽  
Daily Hassles ◽  
Major Life Events ◽  
Major Life

Major Life Events and Changes in the Behavioural Functioning of Children

1990 ◽  
Vol 31 (6) ◽  
pp. 949-959 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guy F. M. G. Berden ◽  
Monika Althaus ◽  
Frank C. Verhulst
Keyword(s):  
Life Events ◽  
Major Life Events ◽  
Major Life

The Comparability of Event-Related and General Social Support

2011 ◽  
pp. 339-359 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valentina Hlebec ◽  
Maja Mrzel ◽  
Tina Kogovšek
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Social Networks ◽  
Life Events ◽  
Support Network ◽  
Response Format ◽  
Major Life Events ◽  
Major Life ◽  
The Social ◽  
Related Approach ◽  
Relation Approach

Some studies (e.g., Kogovšek & Hlebec, 2008, 2009) have shown that the name generator and the role relation approaches to measuring social networks are to some extent comparable, but less so the name generator and the event-related approaches (Hlebec, Mrzel, & Kogovšek, 2009). In this chapter, the composition of the social support network assessed by both the general social support approach and the event-related approach (support during 15 major life events) is analyzed and compared. In both cases, the role relation approach is used. In addition, in both approaches a more elaborate (16 possible categories ranging from partner, mother, father, friend to no one) and a more simple (6 possible categories ranging from family member, friend, neighbor to no one) response format is applied and compared. The aim of the chapter is to establish, in a controlled quasi-experiment setting, whether the different approaches (i.e. the general social support and the event-related approach) produce similar social networks regardless of the response format (long vs. short).

Environment and ageing biology

2017 ◽  
pp. 317-322
Author(s):  
Arun S. Karlamangla ◽  
Teresa E. Seeman
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Functional Status ◽  
Life Events ◽  
Allostatic Load ◽  
The Body ◽  
Major Life Events ◽  
Major Life ◽  
The Life Course ◽  
The Impact

Psychosocial factors over the life course and major life events are associated with the health, functional status, and survival of older adults. This chapter discusses the biological mechanisms through which these influences are thought to operate, and how life stresses might accelerate the usual ageing of biological systems. It starts with a brief description of psychosocial determinants of health and functioning before elaborating on the allostatic mechanisms by which the body adapts its internal physiological milieu in response to perceived stressors. The price paid for frequent and recurring adaptation is eventual dysregulation of the mediators of allostasis, or allostatic load. We close with a brief discussion of allostatic load links to health outcomes in older adults and potential interventions that might ameliorate the impact of psychosocial adversities on health.

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