Preliminary study of health value as a moderator of the link between age and life satisfaction

In the present study of the influence of health value as a potential moderator of age and life satisfaction. 157 undergraduate students (M = 20.8 yr.) completed a battery in which they provided demographic information and completed a number of different self report measures, including the Satisfaction With Life Scale and the Health Value Scale. A 2 (younger vs older) x 2 (high vs low health value) analysis of variance with life satisfaction as the dependent variable showed a significant man effect for health value and a significant interaction between age and health value but no man effect for age. These findings support health value as a moderator of the relation between age and psychological well-being. Implications for research and practice are discussed.