Citation

Hudson NW, Lucas RE, Donnellan MB. Person. Soc. Psychol. Bull. 2019; 45(12): 1635-1650.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0146167219838547

PMID

30975027

Abstract

Global well-being is positively correlated with health. Moreover, studies suggest that health and global well-being predict changes in one another across time. Fewer studies, however, have examined the extent to which health is associated with daily emotional experiences-especially longitudinally. The present study examined the longitudinal associations between health and both global and experiential well-being, assessed 4 times across 3 years. Moreover, we used advanced analyses-random-intercept cross-lag models-which address limitations of traditional cross-lag models.

RESULTS revealed health and well-being generally did not prospectively predict changes in one another across 1 year. In contrast, year-to-year changes in health were correlated with simultaneous changes in well-being-with effect sizes being largest for global well-being. These findings suggest that health and well-being change together in processes that unfold relatively quickly. Finally, using traditional cross-lag models, numerous potentially illusory prospective associations between health and well-being emerged, underscoring the importance of using appropriate longitudinal statistical models.

Language: en

Keywords

Adolescent; Adult; affect; Affect; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; day reconstruction method; Emotions; Female; health; Health Status; Humans; Longitudinal Studies; Male; Mental Health; Middle Aged; Personal Satisfaction; subjective well-being; Young Adult