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Life-management strategies of selection, optimization and compensation: Measurement by self-report and construct validity.

Freund, Alexandra M., Baltes, Paul B.·2002·Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
DOI 10.1037/0022-3514.82.4.642
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The authors examined the usefulness of a self-report measure for elective selection, loss-based selection. optimization, and compensation (SOC) as strategies of life management. The expected 4-factor solution was obtained in 2 independent samples (N = 218, 14-87 years; N = 181, 18-89 years) exhibiting high retest stability across 4 weeks (r(tt) = .74-82). As expected, middle-aged adults showed higher endorsement of SOC than younger and older adults. Moreover, SOC showed meaningful convergent and divergent associations to other psychological constructs (e.g., thinking styles, NEO) and evinced positive correlations with measures of well-being which were maintained after other personality and motivational constructs were controlled for. Initial evidence on behavioral associations involving SOC obtained in other studies is summarized.

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Authors
Freund, A. M., & Baltes, P. B.
Venue
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
Publisher
American Psychological Association (APA)
Published
2002-04
Volume
82
Issue
4
Pages
642-662
ISSN
  • 0022-3514 (ISSN-L)
  • 1939-1315
DOI
10.1037/0022-3514.82.4.642
OpenAlex
W2066088144
Cited by
867
References
12
FWCI
15.88
Type
journal article
Language
en
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