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Delineating Terminal Change in Subjective Well-Being and Subjective Health

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  • Yuval Palgi
  • Amit Shrira
  • Menachem Ben-Ezra
  • Tal Spalter
  • Dov Shmotkin
  • Gitit Kavé

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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 but not for subjective health. Implications are discussed regarding the well-being paradox and the yet unclear mechanisms that link evaluative indicators to the dying process. Copyright 2009, Oxford University Press.

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  • Yuval Palgi & Amit Shrira & Menachem Ben-Ezra & Tal Spalter & Dov Shmotkin & Gitit Kavé, 2009. "Delineating Terminal Change in Subjective Well-Being and Subjective Health," The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, The Gerontological Society of America, vol. 65(1), pages 61-64.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:geronb:v:65b:y:2009:i:1:p:61-64
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