Quality of life perceptions and social comparisons in healthy old age

By J. Beaumont, P. Kenealy. Ageing & Society, 2004

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Subfields: Health, Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology, Social Psychology

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Citations in the corpus

• The age and subjective well-being paradox revisited:A multidimensional perspective (2012, unknown): “Furthermore, by comparing oneself to others of their same age groups, and preferably to those who are worse off, and by reducing goals and needs, older people seem to have less severe and more short-lived emotional reactions to detrimental life events or life conditions (7,44,45).”
• Hopes, fears and expectations about the future: what do older people's stories tell us about active ageing? (2007, background): “Mental ill-health is a key factor in the quality of oldage lives, for it may prevent people from participating in activities in which they wish to engage (Beaumont and Kenealy 2004).”