Subjective well-being and mortality revisited: Differential effects of cognitive and emotional facets of well-being on mortality.

Wiest, Maja; Schüz, Benjamin; Webster, Noah; Wurm, Susanne

doi:10.1037/a0023839

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“…This interaction pattern suggested that positive affect may moderate or buffer the effects of negative affect. Wiest et al (2011) Life satisfaction and positive affect predicted mortality, controlling for SES and physical health, whereas negative affect did not. In older adults positive affect predicted mortality even controlling for self-rated health and physical activity.…”

Section: Examples Of Findings Showing That Healthy Behaviors Are Assomentioning

confidence: 99%

If, Why, and When Subjective Well-Being Influences Health, and Future Needed Research

Diener¹

2017

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We review evidence on whether subjective well-being (SWB) can influence health, why it might do so, and what we know about the conditions where this is more or less likely to occur. This review also explores how various methodological approaches inform the study of the connections between subjective well-being and health and longevity outcomes. Our review of this growing literature indicates areas where data are substantial and where much more research is needed. We conclude that SWB can sometimes influence health, and review a number of reasons why it does so. A key open question is when it does and does not do so -in terms of populations likely to be affected, types of SWB that are most influential (including which might be harmful), and types of health and illnesses that are most likely to be affected. We also describe additional types of research that are now much needed in this burgeoning area of interest, for example, cross-cultural studies, animal research, and experimental interventions designed to raise long-term SWB and assess the effects on physical health. This research area is characterized both by potentially extremely important findings, and also by pivotal research issues and questions.

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Section: Examples Of Findings Showing That Healthy Behaviors Are Assomentioning

confidence: 99%

If, Why, and When Subjective Well-Being Influences Health, and Future Needed Research

Diener¹

2017

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“…In two distinct follow up studies using data for the US (Moskowitz et al 2008) and Germany (Wiest et al 2011), positive affect is found to significantly decreases risk of death among individuals aged over 65, even controlling for negative affect and lifestyle. The results of these two studies also suggest that for younger adults the relationship between subjective wellbeing and mortality is mainly mediated by physical exercise (with happier individuals living longer thanks to higher levels of physical exercise).…”

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“…Several other examples come from the health literature. Ostir et al (2000), Moskowitz et al (2008) and Wiest et al (2011) for example analyse mortality levels using longitudinal data where life satisfaction and affect was collected at baseline, together with other indicators of health and lifestyle which represent other potential confounding factors. A similar approach has been followed by Ostir et al (2001) on the analysis of stroke risk in a 6-year follow-up study, and by Bush et al (2001) in a study focusing on survival rates after stroke controlling for depression symptoms measured at hospital admission.…”

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Wellbeing and Society: Towards Quantification of the Co-benefits of Wellbeing

Maccagnan

Wren-Lewis²,

Brown³

et al. 2018

Soc Indic Res

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The objectives of this paper are twofold. First, it reviews the empirical evidence showing the existence of linkage between wellbeing and possible co-benefits, investigating in particular the positive effect that happiness and life satisfaction can have on health, social outcomes, employment, education and environmental behaviours. Second, it presents the valuation methods that have been proposed in the literature to place a monetary value on these outcomes. With wellbeing having become more and more relevant for individuals and policy makers, the full understanding of the co-benefits of wellbeing is central for the design and development of wellbeing interventions. As a consequence, the evaluation of the co-benefits of wellbeing is of crucial importance for the appropriate allocation of resources towards such strategies.

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“…Better well-being has shown to be associated with better health and even a lower risk for mortality (Wiest et al 2011), with all of these variables being strong predictors of age identity (Bowling et al 2005;Hubley and Russell 2009). The alternative view of age identity as a predictor of well-being also yielded consistent findings (Baum and Boxley 1983;Westerhof and Barrett 2005;Westerhof et al 2012).…”

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Macro- and micro-level predictors of age categorization: results from the European Social Survey

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This study evaluated macro-and micro-level variables associated with individuals' perception of the ending of youth, the beginning of old age, and the length of the middle age period. The European Social Survey is a biennial multi-country, cross-sectional survey. Our analysis is based on the fourth wave, which included a rotating module on ageism. The source sample consisted of 28 countries and a total of 54,988 respondents. Whereas macro-level variability accounted for 14 % of the variance associated with the perception of the ending of youth, only 5.7 % of the variance associated with the perception of the beginning of old age was accounted for by macro-level variability. Almost 10 % of the variance associated with the perception of the middle age period was associated with macro-level variability. Different patterns of macro-and micro-level correlates emerged for the ending of youth, beginning of old age, and the period of middle age. Overall, results demonstrate that individual differences in the perception of the ending of youth, the beginning of old age, and the length of the middle age period are more pronounced than contextual differences. Results also suggest that individuals' mental maps regarding the timing of these events are not necessarily concordant.

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Subjective well-being and mortality revisited: Differential effects of cognitive and emotional facets of well-being on mortality.

Cited by 106 publications

References 54 publications

If, Why, and When Subjective Well-Being Influences Health, and Future Needed Research

If, Why, and When Subjective Well-Being Influences Health, and Future Needed Research

Wellbeing and Society: Towards Quantification of the Co-benefits of Wellbeing

Macro- and micro-level predictors of age categorization: results from the European Social Survey

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