Remembering Positive and Negative Life Events

GeroPsych ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 137-147 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anja K. Leist ◽  
Dieter Ferring ◽  
Sigrun-Heide Filipp
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Autobiographical Memory ◽  
Old Age ◽  
Life Events ◽  
Time Perspective ◽  
Negative Life Events ◽  
Future Time Perspective ◽  
Future Time ◽  
Reminiscence Bump ◽  
Positive Life Events

We examined distributions of remembered negative and positive life events across the lifespan in a sample of adults in middle and old age. Distributions of positive, but not negative, life events showed a significant reminiscence bump, replicating earlier findings. Gender differences occurred with respect to distribution of memories of positive life events of the first four decades of life. Furthermore, we found substantial associations of number and valence of remembered life events with future time perspective and functions of autobiographical memory to create meaning, which remained significant after controlling for age and health. The number and valence of negative and positive life events across the lifespan reflect, to a certain extent, the age and time perspective of the remembering individual.

Future time perspective: Dimensions of opportunities, life, and time are differentially associated with physical health, cognitive functioning, and well-being in old age

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (9) ◽  
pp. 1487-1495 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pavel Kozik ◽  
Johanna Drewelies ◽  
Sandra Düzel ◽  
Ilja Demuth ◽  
Elisabeth Steinhagen-Thiessen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Health ◽  
Cognitive Functioning ◽  
Old Age ◽  
Time Perspective ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Future Time Perspective ◽  
Future Time

Future Time Perspective and Life Events across Adulthood

1995 ◽  
Vol 122 (1) ◽  
pp. 95-111 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen L. Fingerman ◽  
Marion Perlmutter
Keyword(s):  
Life Events ◽  
Time Perspective ◽  
Future Time Perspective ◽  
Future Time

scholarly journals Study of Time Orientation and Wellbeing in Old Age

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Thiyam Kiran Singh ◽  
Bharathi Kumari ◽  
Pragyendu ◽  
Akshat Chowdhury
Keyword(s):  
Old Age ◽  
Time Perspective ◽  
Middle Age ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Future Time Perspective ◽  
Time Orientation ◽  
Psychological Wellbeing ◽  
Future Time ◽  
One Way Anova ◽  
Two Age Groups

The present study aimed at exploring time perspective in relation to psychological wellbeing among 90 subjects belonging to 3 different age categories. The time perspective questionnaire ( Zimbardo & Boyd ,1999 ) and psychological wellbeing questionnaire ( Bhogle et al, 1995) were administered to a sample of 90 ( 30- Adolescence, 30-Middle Age and 30-Old Age). Data were analyzed with the help of one – way ANOVA and correlation. The results indicated significant differences across 3 age levels in past negative and future areas of time perspective. In past negative area of time perspective the older generation has obtained significantly higher mean than the other two age groups. In future time perspective the younger generation has obtained significantly higher mean. The result also found no significant corelationship between time perspective and wellbeing.

scholarly journals Socio-emotional selectivity in elderly and old age as a factor of subjective well-being

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 20-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.I. Melehin
Keyword(s):  
Social Interaction ◽  
Old Age ◽  
Significant Contribution ◽  
Time Perspective ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Future Time Perspective ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Future Time ◽  
Socioemotional Selectivity ◽  
Somatic Disorders

The article shows that the presence of social support, сonfidant network is associated with positive subjective well-being in elderly (55 - 74 years) and old age (75-90 years). However, certain types of social interaction can be considered as predictors of affective disorders and chronic somatic disorders in later ages as in normal aging and in neurodegenerative disorders. The purpose of this article is to familiarize professionals in the mental health of people of later ages with the theory of socio-emotional selectivity (Socioemotional Selectivity Theory) L.L. Carstensen, who makes a significant contribution to the understanding of the specificity and mechanisms of selection in social interaction in elderly and old age. Central mechanisms of socio-emotional selection in the later ages are the awareness of time and limited future time perspective, which enhances the awareness of mortality.

Competitiveness and Future Time Perspective-Gender Differences

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lesley A. MacPherson ◽  
Adam Neighbors ◽  
Nick Herald ◽  
George L. Parrott
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Time Perspective ◽  
Future Time Perspective ◽  
Future Time

Different Future Time Perspectives Interplay in Predicting Life Satisfaction

GeroPsych ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 103-113 ◽  
Author(s):  
Minjie Lu ◽  
Angel Y. Li ◽  
Helene H. Fung ◽  
Klaus Rothermund ◽  
Frieder R. Lang
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Time Perspective ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Future Time Perspective ◽  
Hong Kong Chinese ◽  
Future Time ◽  
Time Perspectives ◽  
Time Extension ◽  
Future Self ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract. This study addresses prior mixed findings on the relationship between future time perspective (FTP) and well-being as well as examines the associations between three aspects of FTP and life satisfaction in the health and friendship domains. 159 Germans, 97 US Americans, and 240 Hong Kong Chinese, aged 19–86 years, completed a survey on future self-views (valence) and life satisfaction. They also reported the extent to which they perceived future time as expanded vs. limited (time extension) and meaningful (openness). Findings revealed that individuals with more positive future self-views had higher satisfaction. However, those who perceived their future as more meaningful or perceived more time in their future reported higher satisfaction even when future self-views were less positive.

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