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Does Growing Older Make You Happier?
There seems to be a missing link to consistently demonstrate these strategies and phenomena pertaining to changes of mood for the better, say the authors. Isaacowitz suggests that lab tests yield results that are not straightforward. "When we try to use those cognitive processes to predict change of mood, they don't always do so. Sometimes looking at positive pictures doesn't make people feel better,” he explains.
Many contradictions are revealed on a closer look at the study. Younger people for instance, may make themselves feel better by emphasizing on the negative, in others' situations or characteristics. While some psychologists find that high scores on certain cognitive tests correlate in older people with the ability to keep their spirits up, other researchers propose that happiness in later life is an effect of cognitive losses which force older people to concentrate on simpler, happier thoughts.
Isaacowitz says that more rigorous methods probably won't overthrow the current theories but will complicate the picture. He added that “It won't be as easy to say old people are happier. But even if they are happier on average, we still want to know in what situations does this particular strategy make this particular person with these particular qualities or strengths feel good."
