Semantic Self-Images and Well-Being in Young and Older Adults: Does the Accessibility Matter?

ABSTRACT: In the present study we investigated whether and how age group, dimensions of well-being and their interactions predicted the phenomenological properties of semantic self-images, taking also into account the different levels of accessibility of self-images (i.e., order of generation). Results on the first self-image revealed that, independently of age, higher levels of life satisfaction predicted higher likelihood of positive than negative statement and higher levels of negative affect and life satisfaction predicted higher levels of personal relevance of the self-image. When all self-images were considered, for higher levels of life satisfaction neutral and positive self-images were more likely than negative ones, and for lower levels of positive affect, neutral images were more likely th

SUBMITTER: Vannucci M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9221324 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature