Are Older Adult German Women Satisfied with Their Lives? On the Role of Life Domains, Partnership Status, and Self-Construal

摘要: Along with increased life expectancy, successful aging and possibilities for increasing well-being in old age have become important research topics recent years. The present study (a) examines the relationship between satisfaction several domains (with respect to family, friendships, health) general of older adult women Germany, (b) determines which factors moderate importance these different evaluation satisfaction. More precisely, we examine role partnership status self-construal. sample consisted 98 German 58 83 years (M = 69.6 years; SD 5.9 years) who were interviewed framework interdisciplinary cross-cultural Value Children Study. Results showed that living a partner, family was most their satisfaction, whereas without friendships a...