The aim of this study was to explore the role of character strengths and their associations to
life satisfaction in older people. We were interested in studying several transitions that are
specific for older people: aging, retirement, living alone, and being widowed. We examined
the relationships of these demographic characteristics and living conditions with character
strengths and studied their effects on the association of character strengths with life
satisfaction. In a cross-sectional analysis, 15,598 older adults (aged 46–93 years) who had …