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Testing Set-Point Theory in a Swiss National Sample: Reaction and Adaptation to Major Life Events

verfasst von: Ivana Anusic, Stevie C. Y. Yap, Richard E. Lucas

Erschienen in: Social Indicators Research | Ausgabe 3/2014

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Set-point theory posits that individuals react to the experience of major life events, but quickly adapt back to pre-event baseline levels of subjective well-being in the years following the event. A large, nationally representative panel study of Swiss households was used to examine set-point theory by investigating the extent of adaptation following the experience of marriage, childbirth, widowhood, unemployment, and disability. Our results demonstrate that major life events are associated with marked changes in life satisfaction and, for some events (e.g., marriage, disability), these changes are relatively long lasting even when accounting for normative, age related changes.

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It is worth noting that the method for selecting our disability sample in this study differs from the method used in past research by Lucas (2007b) in the GSOEP and BHPS. In these past studies, analyses were restricted to people who not only stayed disabled for the rest of the time they participated in the study, but also who stayed in the study for at least 3 years after onset of disability.

Although age often has curvilinear effects, the life events we examined in this paper often occur within a constrained age range. In this case, for the simplicity of the models and their interpretation, a linear trend is a useful simplification.

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Titel: Testing Set-Point Theory in a Swiss National Sample: Reaction and Adaptation to Major Life Events
verfasst von: Ivana Anusic
Stevie C. Y. Yap
Richard E. Lucas
Publikationsdatum: 01.12.2014
Verlag: Springer Netherlands
Erschienen in: Social Indicators Research / Ausgabe 3/2014
Print ISSN: 0303-8300
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-0921
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-013-0541-2

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