Younger Adults Report More Distress and Less Well-Being: A Cross-Cultural Study of Event Centrality, Depression, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Life Satisfaction

Autor/inn/en	Zaragoza Scherman, Alejandra; Salgado, Sinué; Shao, Zhifang; Berntsen, Dorthe
Titel	Younger Adults Report More Distress and Less Well-Being: A Cross-Cultural Study of Event Centrality, Depression, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Life Satisfaction
Quelle	In: Applied Cognitive Psychology, 34 (2020) 5, S.1180-1196 (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Zaragoza Scherman, Alejandra)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0888-4080
DOI	10.1002/acp.3707
Schlagwörter	Young Adults; Stress Variables; Well Being; Age Differences; Depression (Psychology); Posttraumatic Stress Disorder; Life Satisfaction; Experience; Foreign Countries; Cultural Differences; Mexico; Greenland; China; Denmark + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Lebensvollendung; Erfahrung; Ausland; Kultureller Unterschied; Mexiko; Grönland; Dänemark
Abstract	The extent to which highly emotional autobiographical memories become central to one's identity and life story influences mental health. Young adults report higher distress and lower well-being, compared with middle-aged and/or older adults; whether this replicates across cultures is still unclear. First, we provide a review of the literature that examines age-differences in depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and life satisfaction in adulthood across cultures. Second, we report findings from a cross-cultural study that examined event centrality of highly positive and negative autobiographical memories along with symptoms of depression and PTSD, and levels of life satisfaction in approximately 1000 young and middle-aged adults from Mexico, Greenland, China and Denmark. Both age groups provided higher centrality ratings to the positive life event; however, the relative difference between the ratings for the positive and negative event was smaller in the young adults. Young adults reported significantly more distress and less well-being across cultures. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01