Katharina Buczek
And for both cohorts, each participant was assessed when they were either 75 or 80 years old.
It was found that today, older adults aged 75 or 80 are more satisfied with their lives up until this point. But, there was no significant change found in terms of satisfaction with their current lives.
Instead, it was revealed that men who were 80 years old in the 1990s were actually more satisfied with their lives at the time– or “current” lives– than 80-year-old men are today.
According to Tiia Kekäläinen, this discrepancy is likely a result of different turmoils that the two groups endured.
“These men born in 1910 had lived through difficult times, which may explain their satisfaction with their current lives in the 1990s when many things were better than before,” Kekäläinen said.
“Individuals adapt to their situation and living conditions. Both in the 1990s and today, the majority of older adults reported being satisfied with their current lives.”
To read the study’s complete findings, which have since been published in the Journal of Aging and Health, visit the link here.
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