Identity Structure and Life Satisfaction in Later Life

Autor:	Mark H. Licht, Anita D. McQuillen, Barbara G. Licht
Rok vydání:	2001
Předmět:	Structure (mathematical logic) Nomothetic and idiographic Social Psychology Demographics Perception media_common.quotation_subject Life satisfaction Identity (social science) Psychology Social psychology Applied Psychology Developmental psychology media_common
Zdroj:	Basic and Applied Social Psychology. 23:65-72
ISSN:	1532-4834 0197-3533
Popis:	Idiographic information on time spent enacting one's multiple identities was used to predict life satisfaction in 45 older adults (M = 72.69 years old). Each participant generated a list of his or her identities and indicated the relative time spent in each identity. Two indexes were computed: time spent enacting identities differing in (a) the participant's perception of importance and (b) the level in the participant's Rosenberg and Gara (1985) hierarchical identity structure. Results indicated that only the index based on the hierarchical identity structure significantly predicted life satisfaction, and it did so even after controlling for demographics and social, financial, and health factors, rpart = -.38, t(38) = 3.36, p < .01. Our findings suggest that idiographic factors associated with the Rosenberg and Gara concept of identity elaboration are important for understanding self-concept and its relation to life satisfaction in later life.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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