Soft skills and their relationship with life satisfaction and cognitive reserve in adulthood and older age.

ABSTRACT: Soft skills are key factors for success in multiple contexts of daily life, as well as for life satisfaction, but little is known about their role in late adulthood and older age. In this study, we aimed to investigate the relationships of soft skills, as defined by the World Economic Forum, with two indicators of successful/healthy aging: life satisfaction and cognitive reserve. A sample of 435 adults aged 50 and over completed self-reported measures of soft skills, life satisfaction, and cognitive reserve. As control, fluid (reasoning) and crystalized (vocabulary) intelligence were assessed too, along with socio-demographic characteristics. A series of regression analyses showed that soft skills were positively related to both life satisfaction and, to a lower extent, cognitive reserve,

SUBMITTER: Feraco T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11383892 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature