Navigating life's twists and turns: characteristics of life events across adulthood.

ABSTRACT: This study examines whether there are age-related differences in the experience of life events across adulthood. We hypothesized that older adults would report life events that are less anticipated, less normative, less controllable, less positive, and more strenuous than younger adults due to increasing developmental losses and decreasing gains. We investigated how age (linear, quadratic, and cubic) relates to life-event characteristics by comparing different events and analyzing the same events across individuals, to distinguish between the effects observed across life events and those that emerge after accounting for the specific life event in question. Additionally, we hypothesized that older adults would cope better with less favorable events due to their life experience and emotion r

SUBMITTER: Radjenovic S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11743415 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature