Older Adults share an agreement on experiences that elicit love: A study of consensus and individual differences in judgments
Clicks: 1
ID: 328131
2026
Article Quality & Performance Metrics
Overall Quality
Not rated
Combines reader engagement with the AI quality analysis. This
article has not been analysed, so there is no overall score —
reader engagement is measured and shown alongside.
Reader Engagement
0.0
/100
1 views
0 readers
AI Quality Assessment
Not analyzed
Readership in this journal
Ranked #105 of 110 articles by views in the journals of gerontology series b, psychological sciences and social sciences
Most read
Least read
Bar heights use a square-root scale.
Mint this article as an NFT
Not yet mintedCreate a permanent, verifiable on-chain record of this article on the Scimatic Network. The NFT is held in your Journament account, and you can withdraw it to your own wallet at any time.
5
SUSD
one-off · no wallet required
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: Positive social connections are key ingredients for healthy aging. We studied older adults' shared agreement on loving experiences and individual differences in their decisions-making to unlock critical information about how this developmental group connects socially. METHODS: To explore shared agreement on experiences of love, we surveyed a representative sample (N=400) of adults aged 65 years and older in the United States. They evaluated 61 experiences to determine whether older adults believe they typically evoke feelings of love in most people. We used a Bayesian decision tree model to account for individual differences in respondents' knowledge and decision-making styles when deriving the consensus on these experiences. RESULTS: We found a consensus among older adults on experiences of love. In addition, individual differences in knowledge on love and decision-making styles were meaningfully linked to person-level characteristics: female participants and those with higher levels of compassion had higher levels of knowledge on the consensus, White male participants and those with higher levels of loneliness were more likely to guess the shared agreement when they were uncertain, and non-White participants were more likely to guess "True." DISCUSSION: Experiences of love for older adults include both romantic and non-romantic settings. Older adults tended to have different knowledge levels regarding the consensus on these experiences. Future research could examine whether fostering compassion or raising awareness about these loving experiences in daily life might improve well-being for older adults. Increased knowledge regarding these experiences may decrease misunderstandings or loneliness by sharing more loving experiences with others.
| Reference Key |
openalex_W7212001798
Use this key to autocite in the manuscript while using
SciMatic Manuscript Manager or Thesis Manager
|
|---|---|
| Authors | Lindy Williams, Saina Salamati, Saida Heshmati, Zita Oravecz |
| Journal | the journals of gerontology series b, psychological sciences and social sciences |
| Year | 2026 |
| DOI |
10.1093/geronb/gbag192
|
| URL | |
| Keywords | Keywords not found |
Citations
No citations found. To add a citation, contact the admin at info@scimatic.org
Comments
No comments yet. Be the first to comment on this article.