Affective Forecasting and Advance Care Planning Anticipating Quality of Life in Future Health Statuses

That sicker people evaluate quality of life in future health status more positively, compared to healthier people, is viewed as an instance of affective forecasting error and explained by Prospect Theory, which holds that two prospects (poor health vs death) are more distinguishable when they are im...

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Published inJournal of health psychology Vol. 14; no. 3; pp. 447 - 456
Main Authors Winter, Laraine, Moss, Miriam S., Hoffman, Christine
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London, England SAGE Publications 01.04.2009
Sage Publications
SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
Subjects
Advance Care Planning
Advance directives
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Biological and medical sciences
Care management
Care plans
Death & dying
Decision Making
Elderly people
Female
Forecasting
Forecasts
Geriatrics
Health care
Health status
Health Status Indicators
Humans
Interviews as Topic
Male
Medical sciences
Models, Theoretical
Older people
Patient Satisfaction
Planning methods
Prospect theory
Prospects
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Quality of life
Quality of Life - psychology
Sick people
United States
United States
North America
America
Prospect Theory
quality of life
advance care planning
affective forecasting
decision making
physical functioning
Human
Social environment
Affect affectivity
Prospect theory
Decision making
Mental health
Advance directives
Anticipation
Emotion emotionality
End of life
Functional capacity
Quality of life
Elderly
Public health
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Summary:That sicker people evaluate quality of life in future health status more positively, compared to healthier people, is viewed as an instance of affective forecasting error and explained by Prospect Theory, which holds that two prospects (poor health vs death) are more distinguishable when they are imminent than when distant. In a sample of 230 elderly people, we tested whether life in nine health scenarios would be more acceptable to less healthy individuals than to healthier ones. An interaction between current health status and health scenario supported the relative acceptability of poor-health prospects to sicker individuals, confirming the hypothesis.
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ISSN:1359-1053
1461-7277
DOI:10.1177/1359105309102201