Life-history strategy, adverse environment, and justification of life-ending decisions.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Evidence remains limited regarding the interplay between childhood environment, as reflected by life-history calibration, and the current environment, as well as their combined influence on cognitive judgments about life-ending decisions. Drawing on life-history theory, the present study aims to (1) examine whether life-history trade-offs along the fast-slow continuum are associated with the subjective justification of suicide and assisted suicide (euthanasia practices), and (2) explore whether the current environment moderates this relationship.

Methods

In Study 1, a vignette-based questionnaire was administered to Chinese young adults (N = 147) to examine the relationships among life-history traits, current environmental adversity, and the subjective justi

SUBMITTER: Guo S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12318959 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature