Health sensitivity
Age differences in the within-person coupling of individuals’ physical health and well-being
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9788608 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ina Schöllgen (0000-0003-4911-8766, Cal Poly Humboldt, corresponding author), Jennifer Morack (Pennsylvania State University), Frank J Infurna (0000-0002-0690-9253, Arizona State University), Nilam Ram (0000-0003-1671-5257, Pennsylvania State University), Denis Gerstorf (0000-0002-2133-9498, Cal Poly Humboldt) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 52 |
| Issue | 11 |
| Pages | 1944-1953 |
| Publication date | 2016-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Developmental Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0012-1649 • E-ISSN: 1939-0599 |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1037/dev0000171 |
| PMID | 27786533 |
| OpenAlex | W2545721299 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 27 |
Well-being and physical health are central indicators of quality of life in old age. Research from a between-person difference perspective finds that people in better health than their peers also report higher well-being than their peers. However, we know very little about whether changes in one domain are accompanied by changes in the other domain, particularly at the within-person level. In the present study, we introduce the construct of health sensitivity, that is, how susceptible an individuals' well-being is to changes in physical health. In doing so, we used 9-wave longitudinal data covering 17 years from the Health and Retirement Study (N = 21,689; 50-109 year olds; 55% women) and applied multilevel modeling to examine the covariation of central indicators of well-being (depressive affect) and health (functional limitations) simultaneously at both the between-person and within-person level. At the within-person level, we found evidence of health sensitivity-on occasions when a typical person experienced more functional limitations than usual, he or she also reported more depressive affect-and that health sensitivity decreased with age. Survival analysis revealed that health sensitivity was related to mortality hazards, controlling for mean levels of health and well-being. We discuss the theoretical importance of examining within-person associations between health and well-being and consider practical implications. (PsycINFO Database Record
Affect (linguistics · Construct (python library · Developmental psychology · Health and Retirement Study · MEDLINE · Multilevel model · Perspective (graphical · PsycINFO · Quality of life (healthcare · Well-being · Aging and Gerontology Research · Health disparities and outcomes · Medicine · Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction · Psychology · Gerontology
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| Unique citing works | 7 |
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| Citations per year | 0,78 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2026 (10) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |