scholarly journals Compassionate love for a romantic partner across the adult life span

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 606-617 ◽  
Author(s):  
Félix Neto ◽  
Daniela C. Wilks
Keyword(s):  
Individual Differences ◽  
Life Span ◽  
Adult Life ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Romantic Partner ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Adult Life Span ◽  
Research Attention ◽  
Love Styles ◽  
Compassionate Love

Compassionate love has received research attention over the last decade, but it is as yet unclear how it is experienced over a lifetime. The purpose of this study was to investigate compassionate love for a romantic partner throughout the adult life span, exploring individual differences in the propensity to experience compassionate love in regard to age, gender, religion, love status, love styles, and subjective well-being. The results showed that religion and love status display significant effects on compassionate love. Believers experienced greater compassionate love than nonbelievers, and individuals in love presented greater compassionate love than those who were not in love. Love styles and subjective well-being were found to be related to compassionate love. These findings corroborate studies that indicate that individuals who experience higher compassionate love for a romantic partner are more likely to report Eros, Agape, and subjective well-being.

scholarly journals Socio-demographic and Subjective Well-being Predictors of Social and Emotional Loneliness

2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Félix Neto
Keyword(s):  
Life Span ◽  
Adult Life ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Adult Life Span ◽  
Social And Emotional ◽  
Emotional Loneliness ◽  
Explained Variance ◽  
Socio Demographic Factors ◽  
The Relationship

This research examined the relationship between loneliness and psychosocial variables among people from Portugal across the adult life span. The study examined, besides socio-demographic predictors, subjective well-being predictors of social and emotional loneliness. The sample was constituted by 1,209 participants with a mean age of 38.12 (SD = 17.49) and a range between 18 and 90 years. Social, family and romantic loneliness were measured (DiTommaso, Brannen, & Best, 2004). Overall, social, family and romantic loneliness were significantly associated with the indicators of subjective well-being. Subjective well-being factors accounted also for a larger proportion of the explained variance in social, family and romantic loneliness scores than socio-demographic factors. Limitations of the research are discussed.

Individual Differences in Behavioral and Electrophysiological Measures of Binaural Processing Across the Adult Life Span

2015 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 204-215 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christina M. Roup ◽  
Elizabeth D. Leigh
Keyword(s):  
Individual Differences ◽  
Life Span ◽  
Adult Life ◽  
Adult Life Span ◽  
Binaural Processing ◽  
Binaural Interaction ◽  
Middle Latency Response ◽  
Masking Level Difference ◽  
Auditory Middle Latency Response ◽  
Noise Test

PurposeThe purpose of the present study was to examine individual differences in binaural processing across the adult life span.MethodSixty listeners (aged 23–80 years) with symmetrical hearing were tested. Binaural behavioral processing was measured by the Words-in-Noise Test, the 500-Hz masking level difference, and the Dichotic Digit Test. Electrophysiologic responses were assessed by the auditory middle latency response binaural interaction component.ResultsNo correlations among binaural measures were found. Age accounted for the greatest amount of variability in speech-in-noise performance. Age was significantly correlated with the Words-in-Noise Test binaural advantage and dichotic ear advantage. Partial correlations, however, revealed that this was an effect of hearing status rather than age per se. Inspection of individual results revealed that 20% of listeners demonstrated reduced binaural performance for at least 2 of the binaural measures.ConclusionsThe lack of significant correlations among variables suggests that each is an important measurement of binaural abilities. For some listeners, binaural processing was abnormal, reflecting a binaural processing deficit not identified by monaural audiologic tests. The inclusion of a binaural test battery in the audiologic evaluation is supported given that these listeners may benefit from alternative forms of audiologic rehabilitation.

Predictors of Decision Making Across the Adult Life-Span: An Individual-Differences Study

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fabio Del Missier ◽  
Timo Mantyla ◽  
Patrik Hansson ◽  
Wandi Bruine De Bruin ◽  
Andrew M. Parker ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Individual Differences ◽  
Life Span ◽  
Adult Life ◽  
Adult Life Span

scholarly journals Cognitive and non-cognitive variables influencing age-related effect of mind wandering across the adult life span

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erika Borella ◽  
Michela Zavagnin ◽  
Lucia Ronconi ◽  
Rossana De Beni
Keyword(s):  
Life Span ◽  
Adult Life ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Mind Wandering ◽  
Cognitive Variables ◽  
Adult Life Span ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Age Related ◽  
Response Task ◽  
Effects Of Aging

AbstractThis study aimed to assess the effects of aging on mind wandering (MW) using a sustained attention to response task (SART) with a low cognitive demand. All task-unrelated thoughts (TUTs) and the subcategory of stimulus-independent thoughts (SITUTs) were examined across the adult life span. The relationship between MW, cognitive variables (attention, inhibition, working memory), and non-cognitive variables (mindfulness, psychological well-being, and anxiety) was investigated. The sample included 210 healthy participants from 20 to 89 years old. The overall results showed few or no age-related changes in both TUTs and SITUTs. Path analyses revealed that the effect of age on both TUTs and SITUTs was only indirect and mediated by attentional resources, as well as by some aspects of psychological well-being (i.e., emotional competence), which had a direct effect, however. These findings raise doubts about any age-related differences between young and older adults’ MW. Changes in MW across the adult life span are thus discussed along with the method and tasks used to assess it and different variables affecting it.

New Directions in Theories of Emotion and Aging

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph A. Mikels ◽  
Nathaniel A. Young
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Life Span ◽  
Emotional Experience ◽  
Adult Life ◽  
Later Life ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Adult Life Span ◽  
Functional Perspective ◽  
Control Versus

The adult life span is characterized as a time of divergent trajectories. It is a time of compounding losses (such as physical, sensory, and cognitive declines) and is also a time of surprising growth (such as improvements in well-being and emotion regulation). These divergent trajectories present theorists with the paradox of aging: in the face of accumulating losses, how is it that as people age, they generally feel good and experience greater well-being? Theorists have grappled with this paradox and have focused on how motivational, cognitive, control, and social factors impact emotional development across the adult life span. These foundational theories have paved the way to a deeper understanding of adult life-span development, but they do not draw as deeply from theories in affective science. Some of the latest perspectives on emotion and aging offer integrative views, such as how older adults may experience different discrete emotion (i.e., anger versus sadness) from an evolutionary functional perspective. Other perspectives consider how an array of appraisal processes may change across adulthood (such as shifts in evaluations of self-control versus other-control for younger versus older adults). These newer approaches dig deeper into mechanistic explanations and underscore the need for greater theoretical integration. Later life is clearly a time of increased well-being, but the field is only on the cusp of understanding the mysteries of emotional experience in later life.

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