Wisdom and Mental Health Across the Lifespan
| Autor: | Webster, Jeffrey Dean, Webster, J.D., Westerhof, Gerben Johan, Bohlmeijer, Ernst Thomas |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Faculty of Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences, Psychology, Health & Technology |
| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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Adult
Male Adolescent genetic structures Social Psychology Denmark Health Status Human Development media_common.quotation_subject education METIS-295292 Personal Satisfaction Models Psychological Eudaimonia Developmental psychology Life Change Events Judgment Young Adult parasitic diseases Openness to experience Humans Personality Big Five personality traits Association (psychology) health care economics and organizations Aged media_common Aged 80 and over Extraversion and introversion Age Factors IR-85167 Middle Aged Neuroticism Mental health humanities Clinical Psychology Knowledge Mental Health Female Geriatrics and Gerontology Psychology Gerontology |
| Zdroj: | Journals of gerontology. Series B: Psychological sciences & social sciences, 69(2), 209-218. Gerontological Society of America |
| ISSN: | 1758-5368 1079-5014 |
| Popis: | Objectives: The relationships between wisdom and age and between wisdom and mental health are complex with empirical results often inconsistent. We used a lifespan sample and broad, psychometrically sound measures of wisdom and mental health to test for possible age trends in wisdom and its subcomponents and the relationship between wisdom and hedonic and eudaimonic aspects of well-being. Method: Participants included 512 Dutch adults ranging in age from 17 to 92 (Mage = 46.46, SD = 21.37), including 186 men and 326 women. Participants completed measures of wisdom, physical health, mental health, and personality. Results: Significant quadratic trends indicated that middle-aged adults scored higher on wisdom than younger and older adults. Investigation of wisdom subcomponents illustrated that a complex pattern of increases and decreases in different aspects of wisdom helped account for these age findings. Bivariate correlations showed the expected positive association between wisdom and mental health. Hierarchic regression analyses indicated that the positive association between wisdom and mental health remained significant after accounting for demographic variables (i.e., sex, age, education) and personality traits (i.e., neuroticism, extraversion, and openness to experience). Discussion: Age trends in the components of wisdom (older adults higher in life experience but lower in openness relative to younger and middle-aged adults) help explain the curvilinear pattern showing an advantage in wisdom for middle-aged adults. The greater association between wisdom and eudaimonic well-being suggests that wise persons enhance mental health by pursuing meaningful activities. |
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