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  • Psychology
  • Cross-cultural psychology
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Background:

  • Self-continuity and life satisfaction are crucial psychological constructs.
  • Age and cultural background are known to influence these constructs.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the interplay of age and culture on self-continuity and life satisfaction.
  • To examine self-continuity as a mediator between age and life satisfaction in different cultural contexts.

Main Methods:

  • Cross-sectional study with 424 Canadian and Chinese adults (young: 17-26; older: 60-88).
  • Assessed self-continuity and life satisfaction using validated measures.
  • Employed indirect effects analyses to test mediation models.

Main Results:

  • Older adults reported higher self-continuity and life satisfaction than younger adults.
  • Young Chinese adults showed greater self-continuity than young Canadians.
  • Young Canadians reported higher life satisfaction than young Chinese.
  • Self-continuity mediated the age-life satisfaction link, with a stronger effect in Canadians.

Conclusions:

  • Age and cultural background are critical factors in understanding psychological well-being.
  • Self-continuity plays a significant role in the relationship between age and life satisfaction.
  • Interventions aimed at enhancing self-continuity may improve life satisfaction across diverse populations.