Age-related changes in future-directed thinking may be important for well-being. Older and younger adults generated idiographic anticipated experiences for the next week, the next year, and the next 5-10 years, using an adapted fluency measure. Relative to younger adults, older adults maintained a focus on the immediate future but frequency of anticipated events declined for the medium and longer term. The presence of negative thoughts for those two more distant time periods was related to lower life satisfaction in older adults. Content differences in thoughts illustrated the differing concerns of the two groups. The results align broadly with previous findings in the literature on socioemotional selectivity theory.

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未来导向思维及其与老年人主观幸福感的关系

未来导向思维中与年龄相关的变化可能对幸福感很重要。老年人和年轻人使用适应的流利度测量为下周、下一年和下一个 5-10 年生成了特定的预期体验。相对于年轻人，老年人保持对近期未来的关注，但中长期预期事件的频率下降。在这两个较远的时间段内出现消极想法与老年人的生活满意度较低有关。思想内容的差异说明了两组不同的关注点。结果与之前关于社会情感选择理论的文献中的发现大致一致。