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Subjective Well-being in Later Life: 20 Years after the Butterworths Monograph Series on Individual and Population Aging

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 August 2011

Michael Stones ,
Albert Kozma ,
Kevin McNeil  and
Sarah Worobetz
Michael Stones*
Affiliation:
Lakehead University
Albert Kozma
Affiliation:
Charlottetown PEI
Kevin McNeil
Affiliation:
Saint John Regional Hospital
Sarah Worobetz
Affiliation:
Lakehead University
*
*Correspondence and requests for offprints should be sent to / La correspondance et les demandes de tirés-à-part doivent être adressées à: Michael Stones, Ph.D. Dept. of Psychology Lakehead University 955 Oliver Road Thunder Bay, ON P7B 5E1([email protected])
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Abstract

This article discusses developments in theory and research on happiness two decades after publication of Psychological Well-Being in Later Life (Butterworths, 1991) by Albert Kozma, Michael Stones, and Kevin McNeil. Major empirical advances include new knowledge about contributions to happiness resulting from genetically related effects and personality. Personality traits have stronger relationships with happiness than was apparent 20 years ago and contribute to covariance between happiness and some of its predictors. Evolving emphases in research include the ways in which genetically related effects influence how people shape, and react to, their environment.

Résumé

Cet article examine l’évolution de la théorie et la recherche sur le bonheur deux décennies après la publication du Psychological Well-Being in Later Life (Butterworths, 1991) par Albert Kozma, Michael Stones, et Kevin McNeil. Les avancements empiriques majeurs comprennent de nouvelles connaissances au sujet des contributions au bonheur résultants d’effets liés génétiquement et leur personnalité. Les traits de personnalité exercent des relations plus fortes avec le bonheur que ne l’était il ya 20 ans et de contribuent à la covariance entre le bonheur et certains ses prédicteurs. Accents de recherche en évolution comprennent les façons dont les effets qui sont génétiquement liés influencent la manière dont on forme et réagit à son environnement.

Keywords

bonheurpersonnalitébien-êtresanté mentale génétiquehappinesspersonalitywell-beinggenetic mental health
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Canadian Journal on Aging / La Revue canadienne du vieillissement , Volume 30 , Issue 3 , September 2011 , pp. 467 - 477
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Copyright © Canadian Association on Gerontology 2011

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