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Milestone Age Affects the Role of Health and Emotions in Life Satisfaction: A Preliminary Inquiry
Authors:Talya Miron-Shatz  Rajesh Bhargave  Glen M. Doniger
Affiliation:1. Center for Medical Decision Making, Ono Academic College, Kiryat Ono, Israel.; 2. Department of Marketing, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America.; The Lieber Institute for Brain Development, UNITED STATES,
Abstract:
Jill turns 40. Should this change how she evaluates her life, and would a similar change occur when she turns 41? Milestone age (e.g., 30, 40, 50)—a naturally occurring feature in personal timelines—has received much attention is popular culture, but little attention in academic inquiry. This study examines whether milestone birthdays change the way people evaluate their life. We show that life outlook is impacted by this temporal landmark, which appears to punctuate people’s mental maps of their life cycle. At these milestone junctures, people take stock of where they stand and have a more evaluative perspective towards their lives when making life satisfaction judgments. Correspondingly, they place less emphasis on daily emotional experiences. We find that milestone agers (vs. other individuals) place greater weight on health satisfaction and BMI and lesser weight on daily positive emotions in their overall life satisfaction judgments, whereas negative emotions remain influential.
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