More Than Just Past and Present: Well-Being Is Uniquely Tied to Anticipation of Future Events

In 799 American young adults, subjective well-being (SWB) was significantly linked to anticipated feelings about future positive and negative life events and the frequency of thought about these events, after controlling for a comprehensive set of 16 known predictors of SWB (e.g., personality, optimism, life events, relationships, purpose, worry, rumination).