KLoSA longitudinal (w1 ~ w8) depressive symptoms and satisfaction scales

The health and economic status satisfactions showed a relatively higher within-person correlation, indicating that the measures correspondingly fluctuated with depressive symptoms across time. On the contrary, satisfaction in spousal and children relationships showed minimalized correlations compared to between-person correlation. Our findings suggest that between-person individual differences during later life are more characterized by compounded sources of variation, including pre-existing vulnerabilities.

Moreover, specific domains of life satisfaction are more reflective of within-person effects. D3 – Depressed mood D4 – Effortful D5 – Doing well D7 – Sleep difficulty D8 – Without much complaint D9 – Feeling lonely D10 – Cannot get going sat1 - health satisfaction sat2 - economic satisfaction sat3 - spousal satisfaction sat4 - children satisfaction sat5 - overall satisfaction