@article{a39c6c7fca054cc9bae1a11b3fbb5d94,
title = "The will to live and death-related decline in life satisfaction",
abstract = "This study examined the relationship between the will to live (WTL) and death-related decline in life satisfaction in 382 decedents who participated in a national 3-wave study (mean age at study entry 79 years). Growth-curve models revealed that distance to death was more predictive of declines in life satisfaction than chronological age. WTL moderated, but did not mediate, death-related decline in life satisfaction. Those with high WTL did not show a decrease in life satisfaction as death approached. This study highlights an important motivational construct, WTL, which regulates life satisfaction when death approaches",
keywords = "Distance to death, Life satisfaction, Will to live",
author = "Sara Carmel and Amit Shrira and Dov Shmotkin",
year = "2013",
month = dec,
doi = "10.1037/a0034649",
language = "אנגלית",
volume = "28",
pages = "1115--1123",
journal = "Psychology and Aging",
issn = "0882-7974",
publisher = "American Psychological Association",
number = "4",
}