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Growing old and emotional well-being 

These two studies both speak to emotional health as people age. First, Charles, Rush, Piazza, Cerino, Mogle & Almeida (2023) published “Growing Old and Being Old: Emotional well-being across adulthood” in Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. Here’s the abstract with some information in bold:

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Karen Nelson Karen Nelson

Predictors of aging well

Here, I present two studies, each attempting to better understand what predicts aging well. First, Bergman & Bodner (2022) published “Aging Anxiety in Older Adults: The role of self-esteem and meaning in life” in GeroPsych: The Journal of Gerontopsychology and Geriatric Psychiatry. Here’s their abstract:

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