Lifespan developmental theories and research suggest a positive effect of adult age on
prosociality. However, this effect lacks consistency, with many studies excluding the period …

Older adults contribute—through charitable donations or volunteering—more to the common
good than younger adults, an age difference that has profound society-level implications …

This article discusses insights from computational models and social neuroscience into
motivations, precursors, and mechanisms of altruistic decision‐making and other‐regard …

Objectives: Retirement is a major life transition in the second half of life, and it can be
associated with changes in leisure activity engagement. Although theories of retirement …

It has been suggested that volunteering leads to increases in well-being, particularly in older
and retiring adults, and that volunteering could be used as a public health intervention to …

We examined the role of two Subjective well-being orientations, hedonism (maximizing
pleasure and minimizing pain) and eudemonia (a desire for meaningful life), in prosocial …

The literature is rife with papers discussing the state of developed and developing
economies with a number of commonalities around what drives life satisfaction. In sum …

An active lifestyle has been associated with better cognitive performance in many studies.
However, most studies have focused on leisure activities or paid work, with less …

Objectives People tend to become more generous as they grow older, which may reflect an
increase in their ego-transcending motives (ie, concern more for the benefit of recipients …

This research expands knowledge of individual tendencies to “pay it forward,” as a result of
commitment to the organization. It is desirable for organizations to have employees who go …