Bottom-up or top-down? Examining global and domain-specific evaluations of how one's life is unfolding over time.
Michael A BusseriTaysa-Rhea MisePublished in: Journal of personality (2019)
Findings provide consistent support for the bottom-up perspective and limited support for the top-down model. Accordingly, individuals seem to derive beliefs concerning how their lives overall are unfolding over time based on perceived changes across multiple life domains.