✴️New Paper in @europeansocieties.bsky.social✴️
When people go through intense life events:
Do they think that their current joy or misery are temporary or long-lasting?
To find out, I compare trajectories of current life satisfaction & expected future satisf.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14616696.2023.2289653
When people go through intense life events:
Do they think that their current joy or misery are temporary or long-lasting?
To find out, I compare trajectories of current life satisfaction & expected future satisf.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14616696.2023.2289653
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Here's the preprint: https://osf.io/preprints/socarxiv/qfrsd
Think of: “This too shall pass”, “time heals all wounds”.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJ5U37MkA2E
But have they internalized it, do they apply it to their own lives?
Contrary, if you expect endless joy from marriage or parenthood, you might become lazy with, e.g. friendships & hobbies.
Separating future prospects from current experience -> higher well-being & more sustainable life strategies.
To what degree do they expect their current joy or misery to be temporary vs. long-lasting?
-> I compare trajectories of current life satisfaction & satisfaction people expect to have 5 years into the future