Department of Sociology of Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Guiron University of the Negev.
Interdisciplinary Department of Social Sciences, Bar-Ilan University.
Psychol Aging. 2013 Dec;28(4):1115-23. doi: 10.1037/a0034649.
This study examined the relationship between the will to live (WTL) and death-related decline in life satisfaction in 382 decedents who participated in a national 3-wave study (mean age at study entry 79 years). Growth-curve models revealed that distance to death was more predictive of declines in life satisfaction than chronological age. WTL moderated, but did not mediate, death-related decline in life satisfaction. Those with high WTL did not show a decrease in life satisfaction as death approached. This study highlights an important motivational construct, WTL, which regulates life satisfaction when death approaches.
本研究考察了 382 名参与全国三波研究的死者的生存意愿（WTL）与与死亡相关的生活满意度下降之间的关系（研究开始时的平均年龄为 79 岁）。增长曲线模型显示，与实际年龄相比，与死亡的距离更能预测生活满意度的下降。WTL 起调节作用，但不介导与死亡相关的生活满意度下降。那些 WTL 较高的人在接近死亡时并没有表现出生活满意度的下降。这项研究强调了一个重要的动机结构，即当接近死亡时，WTL 调节生活满意度。
