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More Evidence that Aging Increases Happiness in Life

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#1 RGCheek

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Posted 25 August 2016 - 05:26 PM


I have believed this for a long time. The accrual of wisdom and experience improves life and the establishment of long lasting friendships is under estimated.
 
Believe it or not, there are upsides to getting older.
 
Yes, your physical health is likely to decline as you age. And unfortunately, your cognitive abilities like learning new skills and remembering things is likely to suffer too.
 
But despite such downsides, research suggests that your overall mental health, including your mood, your sense of well-being and your ability to handle stress, just keeps improving right up until the very end of life.
 
Consider it something to look forward to...
 
Instead scientists found a clear, linear relationship between age and mental health: The older people were, the happier they felt.
 

“The consistency was really striking,” said Dilip Jeste, director of the UC San Diego Center for Healthy Aging and senior author of the study. “People who were in older life were happier, more satisfied, less depressed, had less anxiety and less perceived stress than younger respondents.”

 

The results were published Wednesday in the Journal of Clinical Psychology.

 

Experts on the psychology of aging say the new findings add to a growing body of research that suggests there are emotional benefits to getting older.

 

“In the literature it’s called the paradox of aging,” said Laura Carstensen, director of the Stanford Center on Longevity, who was not involved in the work. “How can it be that given the many well-documented losses that occur with age, we also see this improvement in emotional well-being?”

 

As it happens, Carstensen does not think this is a paradox at all. 

 


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#2 nickthird

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Posted 20 October 2017 - 04:19 PM

Selection bias?

 

The ones who are happier are more likely to live longer perhaps (because they are not ill for example)?



#3 recon

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Posted 07 November 2017 - 06:07 AM

What choice do they have but to accept reality?

Is there a control for people who don’t age? :p
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#4 jack black

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Posted 09 November 2017 - 11:29 PM

Is there a control for people who don’t age?

 

We all age, duh!
 






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