Stability and change of perceived characteristics of major life events.

Haehner, Peter; Kritzler, Sarah; Faßbender, Ina; Luhmann, Maike

doi:10.1037/pspp0000394

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“…From a methodological point of view, this translates into surveys asking respondents to report only events that were significant for them rather than collecting data on all trivial or ordinary life events using checklists [22,23]. One study recently highlighted the very high rank-order stability and intraclass correlations, as well as the nonsignificant mean-level change of the emotional significance of major life events [24].…”

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“…Second, although we aimed to encompass the period spanning from pre-to post-event, we might have overlooked the actual moment of the event. Indeed, the time span between the occurrence of the event and participation in the study could not be controlled for, which may have affected the strength of the observed effects, even though a recent study showed that the rank orders of most of the major life event characteristics over one year were relatively stable [24]. Hence, future studies could adopt a more dynamic approach by using an intensive longitudinal design.…”

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Significant Life Events and Career Sustainability: A Three-Wave Study

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Over the last three decades, the professional landscape has changed, and career paths have become more plural, complex, and flexible, as well as less predictable. Consequently, career sustainability has become a major concern. Since the framework of sustainable careers captures the complexities of modern careers, we used it in the present study to understand how various types of significant life events (i.e., negative work events, negative nonwork events, positive work events, and positive nonwork events) hinder or foster career sustainability among 870 professionally active adults in Switzerland using a longitudinal design. We used repeated measures analysis of variance to study changes in health (i.e., self-rated health and stress at work), happiness (i.e., life satisfaction, quality of life, and job satisfaction), and productivity (i.e., employability and career prospects) by the type of significant life events over time, from 1 year before the event (T0) to 1 year after the event (T2). Results indicated that work events are important to consider when studying career sustainability as there is evidence for spillover effects from work to life. Specifically, experiencing positive work events seems to foster career sustainability, and these effects seem to be stronger than the negative effect of negative work or nonwork life events on health, happiness, and productivity.

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“…All the above-mentioned studies examined the perceived event characteristics at one specific time point after the event (i.e., the perceived event characteristics were used as a fixed predictor of changes in SWB). However, the perception of major life events can change over time (Haehner, Kritzler, et al, 2021), which leads to the question: Are changes in the perception of major life events related to changes in SWB?…”

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“…Data from the What's NEXT? Study has already been used in previous publications on perceived event characteristics (Fassbender et al, 2021;Haehner, Kritzler, et al, 2021;Haehner, Rakhshani, et al, 2021;Kritzler et al, 2021;Luhmann et al, 2021). However, none of these studies examined the relationship between changes in the perception of major life events and changes in SWB (see Table S1 for more details on the usage of the What's NEXT?…”

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“…In these studies, perceived characteristics of major life events were assessed only once, implying that the perception of an event perception is stable across time. However, recent research has shown that this assumption is not tenable as the perception of major life events can change over time (Haehner, Kritzler, et al, 2021). This novel observation raises the question of whether changes in the perception of major life events may be related to changes in SWB.…”

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Are Changes in the Perception of Major Life Events Associated With Changes in Subjective Well-Being?

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Major life events can lead to changes in subjective well-being (SWB), but people differ in the extent and duration of these changes. Recent research indicates that individual differences in how people perceive major life events can explain some of these differences in event-related changes in SWB. But how events are perceived does not only vary between individuals, it also changes over time. Theories such as affective adaptation theory and appraisal theory suggest that such changes in the event perception are related to changes in SWB (life satisfaction, positive affect, and negative affect). The present article examined the dynamic interplay between perceived event characteristics and SWB using two longitudinal studies (NStudy1 = 619; NStudy2 = 691). In both studies, perceived event characteristics and SWB were assessed at two measurement occasions 3 months apart. We used bivariate latent change score models to estimate correlated changes of these constructs. Perceiving events as more externally controlled and as more social status threatening was consistently associated with a decrease in life satisfaction. Furthermore, perceiving events as more challenging over time was consistently associated with a decrease in positive affect and an increase in negative affect. Consequently, feedback loops between these constructs are a possible mechanism that explain event-related changes in SWB. Furthermore, our results highlight the importance of assessing perceived characteristics of major life events longitudinally to gain a better understanding of event-related changes in SWB.

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The effectiveness of self‐distanced versus self‐immersed reflections among adults: Systematic review and meta‐analysis of experimental studies

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Stressor events can be highly emotional and disruptive to our functioning, yet they also present opportunities for learning and growth via self-reflections. Selfdistanced reflections in which one reasons about target events in ways that maximise their removal of the current self from the experiential reality are said to facilitate this reflective process. We tested the expectation that self-distanced reflections offer an advantage over self-immersed vistas via a pre-registered systematic review of seven electronic databases (Scopus, Medline, Web of Science, PsycInfo, CINAHL Plus, Embase, and ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Global) to identify experimental tests with adults aged 18-65 years where the focus of the reflection was a stressor or adverse event that participants had already experienced. A three-level, random effects meta-analysis of 25 experiments (N = 2,397, 68 effects) revealed a small-to-moderate advantage of self-distanced reflections (g = 0.19, SE = 0.07, 95% CI [0.05, 0.33]) and were most effective when they targeted a stressor experience that emphasised one's emotional state or lifetime.Nevertheless, our assessment of the overall quality of evidence including risk of bias suggested uncertainty regarding the benefit of this pragmatic self-regulatory tactic and therefore the need for future high-powered, high-quality experiments.

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Stability and change of perceived characteristics of major life events.

Cited by 20 publications

References 119 publications

Significant Life Events and Career Sustainability: A Three-Wave Study

Significant Life Events and Career Sustainability: A Three-Wave Study

Are Changes in the Perception of Major Life Events Associated With Changes in Subjective Well-Being?

The effectiveness of self‐distanced versus self‐immersed reflections among adults: Systematic review and meta‐analysis of experimental studies

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