Life events: aging research evidence

Outcomes

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Resilience

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1 study

Life events decrease resilience in humans (b = -0.25, p < .001).
“the decline was greater with a higher number of life events (b=-0.25, p<.001)”
Humans
Tracking the Trajectory of Resilience: The Impact of Significant Life Events on Resilience in Older Adults
GSA 2025 abstractDec 31, 2025

Health-related quality of life

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1 study

Life events decrease health-related quality of life in humans.
“life events negatively predicted HRQoL”
Humansrural older adults
The impact of life events on health-related quality of life in rural older adults: the moderating role of social support
Frontiers in public healthJun 6, 2025

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All-cause dementia

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1 study

Life events are associated with all-cause dementia in humans (More than 2-fold increase in dementia risk with 3-4 events).
“When combined, experiencing 3-4 events was associated with a more than 2-fold increase in dementia risk.”
HumansLife events within the past 2 years3-4 life events16-year follow-upn = 493,787
Life Events and Incident Dementia: A Prospective Study of 493,787 Individuals Over 16 Years
The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciencesJun 29, 2024