The Older the Better? The Role of Hope for the Regulation of Subjective Well-being over Life-span

Perrig-Chiello, Pasqualina; Spahni, Stefanie; Margelisch, Katja (2018). The Older the Better? The Role of Hope for the Regulation of Subjective Well-being over Life-span. In: Krafft, Andreas; Perrig-Chiello, Pasqualina; Walker, Andreas M. (eds.) Hope for a good life. Social indicators research series: Vol. 72 (pp. 79-94). Heidelberg: Springer 10.1007/978-3-319-78470-0_4

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Despite the increase of theoretical and empirical work on subjective well-being, research addressing the relation between hope and various dimensions of well-being from a life-span approach is still scarce. Based on original data of the Hope-Barometer 2015, this contribution aims at closing some research gaps by focussing on the question on how hope, well-being and age are related, and on how dispositional hope can predict life satisfaction, happiness and meaning in life and explain their variance. Results show a significant age-related increase for all well-being and dispositional hope parameters. Our data confirm furthermore the dominant role of hope for predicting meaning in life and life satisfaction over all age groups. Nonetheless, optimism also has a non-negligible impact on well-being outcomes, essentially for happiness and to a lesser extent for life satisfaction. These insights are not only scientific relevant, but entail important practical implications for designing interventions and psychological education.

Item Type:	Book Section (Book Chapter)
Division/Institute:	07 Faculty of Human Sciences > Institute of Psychology > Developmental Psychology 07 Faculty of Human Sciences > Institute of Psychology > Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy
UniBE Contributor:	Perrig-Chiello, Pasqualina, Gonin-Spahni, Stefanie, Margelisch, Katja
Subjects:	100 Philosophy > 150 Psychology 600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health
ISBN:	978-3-319-78470-0
Series:	Social indicators research series
Publisher:	Springer
Language:	English
Submitter:	Katja Margelisch
Date Deposited:	09 May 2018 09:49
Last Modified:	02 Mar 2023 23:30
Publisher DOI:	10.1007/978-3-319-78470-0_4
URI:	https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/116335