title: La mémoire autobiographique à travers le parcours de vie: évaluation rétrospective du bonheur et de la vulnérabilité.
abstract: Our research is interested in understanding how the elderly evaluate their past, so the aims of this study are, first, to understand if there are age differences within the older population in terms of positivity effect, and second, to test if perception of happiness and vulnerability are two independent recall systems. To test our hypotheses, we used the Vivre / Leben / Vivere survey on a population of 65 years and older (n=4200), in Switzerland. Findings show that happiness depends on social and cultural norms, while there is an age effect for vulnerability. For happiness, there are no age differences, but this is not the case for vulnerability: the oldest age groups are less likely to report episodes of vulnerability during most of their lives.
authors: Pôle de recherche national LIVES,Université de Lausanne,Suisse.
authors: Nora
authors: N
authors: Dasoki
authors: Pôle de recherche national LIVES,Université de Lausanne,Suisse.
authors: Davide
authors: D
authors: Morselli
authors: Pôle de recherche national LIVES,Université de Lausanne,Suisse.
authors: Dario
authors: D
authors: Spini
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging; D005260:Female; D006240:Happiness; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008568:Memory; D066262:Social Norms; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: autobiographical memory; bonheur; effet de positivité; happiness; lifecourse; mémoire autobiographique; parcours de vie; personnes âgées; positivity effect; the elderly; vulnerability; vulnérabilité