TY - JOUR
T1 - Does psychological well-being change with age? Longitudinal tests of age variations and further exploration of the multidimensionality of Ryff's model of psychological well-being
AU - Springer, Kristen W.
AU - Pudrovska, Tetyana
AU - Hauser, Robert M.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the National Institute on Aging [R01 AG-9775 , P01-AG21079 ], the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation , the William Vilas Estate Trust , the College of Letters and Science , and the Graduate School of the University of Wisconsin-Madison . We thank Deborah Carr, Chioun Lee, Dawne Mouzon, and the two anonymous reviewers for their helpful comments and editorial insights.
PY - 2011/1
Y1 - 2011/1
N2 - Using two population-based surveys, we provide the first test of longitudinal age variations in Ryff's model of psychological well-being (RPWB) across three midlife to later-life transitions. Through these analyses we explore: (a) age variation in RPWB, (b) the structure of RPWB, and (c) the potential for methodologically driven age patterns. In general, RPWB dimensions do not consistently exhibit distinct age profiles; further, longitudinal age variations are exceptionally small, never accounting for more than 4% of the variance. We observe far greater variation within ages or periods than between subscales across age or time - providing strong evidence against substantively different age profiles of RPWB. Moreover, heterogeneity among positively and negatively worded items yield varied age patterns indicating that the small age variations of RWPB could be driven, at least in part, by methodological artifacts rather than maturation.
AB - Using two population-based surveys, we provide the first test of longitudinal age variations in Ryff's model of psychological well-being (RPWB) across three midlife to later-life transitions. Through these analyses we explore: (a) age variation in RPWB, (b) the structure of RPWB, and (c) the potential for methodologically driven age patterns. In general, RPWB dimensions do not consistently exhibit distinct age profiles; further, longitudinal age variations are exceptionally small, never accounting for more than 4% of the variance. We observe far greater variation within ages or periods than between subscales across age or time - providing strong evidence against substantively different age profiles of RPWB. Moreover, heterogeneity among positively and negatively worded items yield varied age patterns indicating that the small age variations of RWPB could be driven, at least in part, by methodological artifacts rather than maturation.
KW - Age and well-being
KW - Aging
KW - Longitudinal analyses
KW - Measurement
KW - Psychological well-being
KW - Validity
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2010.05.008
DO - 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2010.05.008
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:78149431396
VL - 40
SP - 392
EP - 398
JO - Social Science Research
JF - Social Science Research
SN - 0049-089X
IS - 1
ER -