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@article{Miron-Shatz:2015:10.1371/journal.pone.0133254,
author = {Miron-Shatz, T and Bhargave, R and Doniger, GM},
doi = {10.1371/journal.pone.0133254},
journal = {PLOS One},
title = {Milestone Age Affects the Role of Health and Emotions in Life Satisfaction: A Preliminary Inquiry},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0133254},
volume = {10},
year = {2015}
}

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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Jill turns 40. Should this change how she evaluates her life, and would a similar change occur when she turns 41? Milestone age (e.g., 30, 40, 50)—a naturally occurring feature in personal timelines—has received much attention is popular culture, but little attention in academic inquiry. This study examines whether milestone birthdays change the way people evaluate their life. We show that life outlook is impacted by this temporal landmark, which appears to punctuate people’s mental maps of their life cycle. At these milestone junctures, people take stock of where they stand and have a more evaluative perspective towards their lives when making life satisfaction judgments. Correspondingly, they place less emphasis on daily emotional experiences. We find that milestone agers (vs. other individuals) place greater weight on health satisfaction and BMI and lesser weight on daily positive emotions in their overall life satisfaction judgments, whereas negative emotions remain influential.
AU  - Miron-Shatz,T
AU  - Bhargave,R
AU  - Doniger,GM
DO  - 10.1371/journal.pone.0133254
PY  - 2015///
SN  - 1932-6203
TI  - Milestone Age Affects the Role of Health and Emotions in Life Satisfaction: A Preliminary Inquiry
T2  - PLOS One
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0133254
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/38968
VL  - 10
ER  -

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