The will to live and death-related decline in life satisfaction

Sara Carmel; Amit Shrira; Dov Shmotkin

doi:10.1037/a0034649

The will to live and death-related decline in life satisfaction

Sara Carmel, Amit Shrira, Dov Shmotkin

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Bar-Ilan University, Tel Aviv University

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Abstract

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

Original language	American English
Pages (from-to)	1115-1123
Number of pages	9
Journal	Psychology and Aging
Volume	28
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1037/a0034649
State	Published - 1 Dec 2013

Keywords

Distance to death
Life satisfaction
Will to live

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Social Psychology
Ageing
Geriatrics and Gerontology

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