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)

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dc.contributor.authorInfurna, Frank J.
dc.contributor.authorWiest, Maja
dc.contributor.authorGerstorf, Denis
dc.contributor.authorRam, Nilam
dc.contributor.authorSchupp, Jürgen
dc.contributor.authorWagner, Gert G.
dc.contributor.authorHeckhausen, Jutta
dc.date.accessioned2017-10-27T12:55:08Z
dc.date.available2017-10-27T12:55:08Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.descriptionDieser Beitrag ist mit Zustimmung des Rechteinhabers aufgrund einer (DFG geförderten) Allianz- bzw. Nationallizenz frei zugänglich.de
dc.descriptionThis publication is with permission of the rights owner freely accessible due to an Alliance licence and a national licence (funded by the DFG, German Research Foundation) respectively.en
dc.description.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.en
dc.identifier.eissn1469-1779
dc.identifier.issn0144-686X
dc.identifier.urihttps://depositonce.tu-berlin.de/handle/11303/7075
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.14279/depositonce-6384
dc.language.isoen
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
dc.subject.ddc300 Sozialwissenschaften
dc.subject.ddc330 Wirtschaft
dc.subject.ddc360 Soziale Probleme und Sozialdienste; Verbände
dc.subject.ddc610 Medizin und Gesundheit
dc.subject.ddc301 Soziologie, Anthropologie
dc.subject.otheranticipation of major life eventsen
dc.subject.otherbereavementen
dc.subject.otherhedonic treadmillen
dc.subject.othersubjective wellbeingen
dc.subject.othergerman socio-economic panel studyen
dc.subject.othersoepen
dc.titleChanges in life satisfaction when losing one's spouse: individual differences in anticipation, reaction, adaptation and longevity in the German Socio-economic Panel Study (SOEP)en
dc.typeArticle
dc.type.versionpublishedVersion
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.doi10.1017/s0144686x15001543
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.issue5
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.journaltitleAgeing and society
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.originalpublishernameCambridge University Press
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.originalpublisherplaceCambridge
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.pageend934
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.pagestart899
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.volume37
tub.accessrights.dnbdomain
tub.affiliationFak. 7 Wirtschaft und Management::Inst. Volkswirtschaftslehre und Wirtschaftsrecht (IVWR)::FG Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung und Wirtschaftspolitikde
tub.affiliation.facultyFak. 7 Wirtschaft und Managementde
tub.affiliation.groupFG Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung und Wirtschaftspolitikde
tub.affiliation.instituteInst. Volkswirtschaftslehre und Wirtschaftsrecht (IVWR)de
tub.publisher.universityorinstitutionTechnische Universität Berlin

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