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 m oderator of age and life satisfaction, 157 undergraduate students (M=2 0.8 yr.) completed a battery in which they provided demographic inform ation and completed a number of different self-report measures, includ ing 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 main effect for health value and a significant interaction between age and health value but no main effect for age. These findings support h ealth value as a moderator of the relation between age and psychologic al well-being. Implications for research and practice are discussed.