Delineating Terminal Change in Subjective Well-Being and Subjective Health

作者：Palgi Yuval^*; Shrira Amit; Ben Ezra Menachem; Spalter Tal; Shmotkin Dov; Kave Gitit

来源：Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences , 2010, 65(1): 61-64.

DOI：10.1093/geronb/gbp095

• CALAS
• Self-rated health
• Subjective well-being
• Terminal change

The present study investigated whether several evaluative indicators of subjective well-being (SWB) and subjective health decline as death approaches and which of them shows a stronger decline. Using three-wave longitudinal data from deceased participants of the Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Aging Study (N = 1,360; age range 75-94 at T1=Time 1), we found a stronger decline in most evaluative indicators when plotted by distance-to-death relative to distance from birth. After controlling for background characteristics and physical and cognitive functioning, death-related decline was still found for SWB hot not for subjective health. Implications are discussed regarding the N,ell-being paradox and the yet unclear mechanisms that link evaluative indicators to the dying process.

• 出版日期2010-1