Department of Psychological Science.
School of Aging Studies.
Psychol Aging. 2019 May;34(3):317-329. doi: 10.1037/pag0000345. Epub 2019 Apr 11.
The current study examined how perceptions of change in life satisfaction vary by age and culture. Perceptions of past, present, and future life satisfaction were examined in adults aged 33-79 from the Midlife in the United States Study ( = 4,803) and from the Survey of Midlife in Japan ( = 974). Both cultures exhibited the same age-related pattern of change in perceptions of life satisfaction. Younger adults perceived improvement in life satisfaction from the past to present and from present to the future. The perceived improvement was more modest among middle-aged adults and then shifted to a decline among older adults. Despite the same curvilinear pattern in both cultures, the perceived improvement was not as positive, and the shift toward expecting declines occurred at an earlier age among Japanese adults compared to U.S. adults. Findings support existing theories of life span development but suggest that cultural context may influence both the positive outlook and the timing of these processes across adulthood. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved).
本研究考察了对生活满意度变化的看法如何因年龄和文化而异。本研究调查了来自美国中年生活研究（MIDUS；n=4803）和日本中年生活调查（SMS；n=974）的 33-79 岁成年人对过去、现在和未来生活满意度的看法。这两种文化都表现出与年龄相关的生活满意度感知变化模式。年轻成年人认为生活满意度从过去到现在，从现在到未来都有所提高。中年成年人的感知提高幅度较小，而老年人的感知则下降。尽管两种文化都呈现出相同的曲线模式，但感知到的改善并不那么积极，日本成年人预期下降的转变发生在更早的年龄，而不是美国成年人。研究结果支持生命全程发展的现有理论，但表明文化背景可能会影响整个成年期这些过程的积极前景和时机。（APA，2019，所有权利保留）。
