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Younger adults report more distress and less well-being : A cross-cultural study of event centrality, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder and life satisfaction. / Zaragoza Scherman, Alejandra; Salgado, Sinué; Zhifang, Shao; Berntsen, Dorthe.
I: Applied Cognitive Psychology, Bind 34, Nr. 5, 01.09.2020, s. 1180-1196.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift/Konferencebidrag i tidsskrift /Bidrag til avis › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › peer review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Younger adults report more distress and less well-being
T2 - A cross-cultural study of event centrality, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder and life satisfaction
AU - Zaragoza Scherman, Alejandra
AU - Salgado, Sinué
AU - Zhifang, Shao
AU - Berntsen, Dorthe
PY - 2020/9/1
Y1 - 2020/9/1
N2 - 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 ∼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. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
AB - 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 ∼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. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
KW - PTSD
KW - age differences
KW - cultural differences
KW - depression
KW - event centrality
KW - life satisfaction
KW - AGE-DIFFERENCES
KW - POPULATION
KW - CHINESE
KW - SELF
KW - STORY
KW - AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORIES
KW - ENHANCEMENT
KW - GENDER
KW - SCALE
U2 - 10.1002/acp.3707
DO - 10.1002/acp.3707
M3 - Journal article
VL - 34
SP - 1180
EP - 1196
JO - Applied Cognitive Psychology
JF - Applied Cognitive Psychology
SN - 0888-4080
IS - 5
ER -