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Self-Forgiveness and Mortality in Late Life

verfasst von: Neal Krause, R. David Hayward

Erschienen in: Social Indicators Research | Ausgabe 1/2013

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The purpose of this study is to see if older people who are able to forgive themselves have a lower mortality risk than older adults who are not able to forgive themselves. In addition, it is hypothesized that the relationship between self-forgiveness and mortality will be contingent upon the level of an older individual’s education. More specifically, it is predicted that the potentially beneficial effects of self-forgiveness will be more evident among older people with more years of schooling. Data from a nationwide survey of older people provide support for this view. Self-forgiveness does not provide a mortality benefit for less educated elders. But as the level of educational attainment rises, self-forgiveness is associated with a progressively smaller mortality risk.

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Toussaint et al. (2011) analyzed the same data that are used in the current study. However, they focused on mortality between the Wave 1 and Wave 2 interviews only. In contrast, mortality is assessed in the current study between Wave 1 and Wave 4. Beyond overlooking education, there are two reasons why relying on different study follow-up periods could explain why Toussaint et al. (2011) did not find a significant relationship between self-forgiveness and mortality. First, by using a longer follow-up period there is more variance in the mortality outcome in the current study. Second, three years transpired between the Wave 1 and Wave 2 interviews whereas the between round interval for the Wave 1 and Wave 4 interviews is seven years. This raises the possibility that it takes a longer period of time for the potentially beneficial effects of self-forgiveness on mortality to become manifest.

Consistent with prior research, the data in the current study suggest that the level of educational attainment is higher for older whites than for older blacks (r = .249; p < .001).

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Titel: Self-Forgiveness and Mortality in Late Life
verfasst von: Neal Krause
R. David Hayward
Publikationsdatum: 01.03.2013
Verlag: Springer Netherlands
Erschienen in: Social Indicators Research / Ausgabe 1/2013
Print ISSN: 0303-8300
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-0921
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-012-0010-3

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