WWII traumatic events, subjective well-being and valuation of life in the very old

BackgroundTraumatic events are known to have harmful effects on health throughout life [3]. Around 70% of the global population experience at least one traumatic event throughout their lifetime [19]. Many old people intentionally or unintentionally re-engage with early life traumatic experiences, which is often perceived as stressful [4, 5]. Nevertheless, positive subjective well-being (SWB; i.e. positive reactions to one’s life [6]) and high valuation of life (VoL; affectpive and cognitive appraisals of the perceived value of one’s life [24]) seem to be widespread in the very old population [17, 33]. While the…