caa a22 4500 467917213 CHVBK 20180406152906.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e20061001xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11205-005-3516-0 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11205-005-3516-0 What is the problem? A Taxonomy of Life Problems and their Relation to Subjective Well-Being in Middle and Late Adulthood [Elektronische Daten] [Gerben Westerhof, Toine Thissen, Freya Dittmann-Kohli, Nan Stevens] Research on subjective well-being has focused mainly on positive values and goals. This article studies the structure and content of life problems from a theory of personal meaning as well as the relation of these problems to subjective well-being. Data from the German Aging Survey, a representative sample of German citizens (40-85year; n=2844) were used. A content analysis of life problems was carried out as expressed on a sentence completion instrument which elicits descriptions of self and life. Although outweighed by positive sentence completions, a substantial part of the sentence completions had a negative tone. Problems in life could be reliably coded as cognitive, motivational, or affective problems on specific and global levels. They were found in a large number of life domains, such as self, health, social relations, and society at large. Specific and global problems in each of the three components showed independent and differentiated contributions to subjective well-being. These findings stress the relevance of studying life problems. Springer, 2006 elderly nationallicence life problems nationallicence middle-age nationallicence subjective well-being nationallicence Westerhof Gerben Center for Psychogerontology, Radboud University Nijmegen, P.O. Box 9104, 6500, Nijmegen, HE, The Netherlands aut Thissen Toine Center for Psychogerontology, Radboud University Nijmegen, P.O. Box 9104, 6500, Nijmegen, HE, The Netherlands aut Dittmann-Kohli Freya Center for Psychogerontology, Radboud University Nijmegen, P.O. Box 9104, 6500, Nijmegen, HE, The Netherlands aut Stevens Nan Center for Psychogerontology, Radboud University Nijmegen, P.O. Box 9104, 6500, Nijmegen, HE, The Netherlands aut Social Indicators Research Springer Netherlands 79/1(2006-10-01), 97-115 0303-8300 79:1<97 2006 79 11205 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-005-3516-0 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-005-3516-0 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Westerhof Gerben Center for Psychogerontology, Radboud University Nijmegen, P.O. Box 9104, 6500, Nijmegen, HE, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Thissen Toine Center for Psychogerontology, Radboud University Nijmegen, P.O. Box 9104, 6500, Nijmegen, HE, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Dittmann-Kohli Freya Center for Psychogerontology, Radboud University Nijmegen, P.O. Box 9104, 6500, Nijmegen, HE, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Stevens Nan Center for Psychogerontology, Radboud University Nijmegen, P.O. Box 9104, 6500, Nijmegen, HE, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Social Indicators Research Springer Netherlands 79/1(2006-10-01), 97-115 0303-8300 79:1<97 2006 79 11205 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer