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  "abstract": "Objective: To examine the association between interpersonal and impersonal stressful and potentially traumatic life events (SLEs/PTEs) and satisfaction with life (SWL), and to assess the extent to which this relationship is mediated by mental distress, somatic health and social factors.\n\nDesign: Cross-sectional study.\n\nSetting: Population-based study in Tromsø, Norway.\n\nParticipants: A total of 21 069 adults aged ≥40 years from the seventh wave of the Tromsø Study (mean age 57.3 years).\n\nPrimary outcome measure: SWL measured using the Satisfaction With Life Scale-3.\n\nMethods: Linear regression analyses and structural equation modelling (SEM) were used to examine associations between SLEs/PTEs and SWL and to assess direct and indirect effects via mental distress, somatic health, cohabitation status, perceived social support and self-reliance.\n\nResults: Both interpersonal (B = −0.11, p<0.001) and impersonal SLEs/PTEs (B = −0.05, p<0.001) were significantly associated with lower SWL. SEM analyses indicated that SLEs/PTEs had both direct negative effects on SWL (interpersonal SLE/PTE: B = −0.15, p<0.001, impersonal SLE/PTE: B = −0.06, p<0.001) and indirect effects through mental distress, somatic health, living with a partner, having friends to confide in and self-reliance.\n\nConclusions: Exposure to SLEs/PTEs is associated with reduced life satisfaction, with both direct and indirect pathways via mental and somatic health and social support. Interpersonal SLEs/PTEs appear to have a stronger negative impact on SWL than impersonal events.",
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  "published": "2026-10-06",
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  "title": "Stressful and potentially traumatic life events and satisfaction with life among Norwegian adults: cross-sectional results from the seventh survey of the Tromsø study",
  "title_text": "Stressful and potentially traumatic life events and satisfaction with life among Norwegian adults: cross-sectional results from the seventh survey of the Tromsø study",
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