Wrosch Carsten, Bauer Isabelle, Scheier Michael F
Department of Psychology, Centre for Research in Human Development, Concordia University, Montreal, PQ, Canada.
Psychol Aging. 2005 Dec;20(4):657-70. doi: 10.1037/0882-7974.20.4.657.
Two studies examined the associations between life regrets and indicators of quality of life across the adult life span. Given that opportunities to undo regrets decline with age, regret intensity was expected to be inversely associated with subjective well-being and health among older adults. In addition, the research explored protective factors that have the potential to reduce older adults' regret intensity. It was suggested that being disengaged from undoing the consequences of regrets and having many future goals available may reduce older adults' intensity of regret and thereby contribute to a better quality of life. Across both studies, the findings demonstrate that older adults perceived reduced opportunities to undo the consequences of their regrets and that regret intensity predicted a reduced quality of life only among older adults. Furthermore, the findings support the adaptive value of disengagement and available future goals for managing life regrets in older adults.
两项研究考察了成年期生活遗憾与生活质量指标之间的关联。鉴于消除遗憾的机会会随着年龄增长而减少，故预计遗憾强度与老年人的主观幸福感和健康状况呈负相关。此外，该研究还探讨了有可能降低老年人遗憾强度的保护因素。研究表明，不再纠结于消除遗憾的后果并拥有许多未来目标，可能会降低老年人的遗憾强度，从而有助于提高生活质量。在两项研究中，结果均表明，老年人感受到消除遗憾后果的机会减少了，而且遗憾强度仅在老年人中预示着生活质量的下降。此外，研究结果支持了超脱和拥有未来目标对于老年人应对生活遗憾的适应性价值。
