Happiness and congruence in older adulthood: a structural model of life satisfaction
Happiness and congruence in older adulthood: a structural model of life satisfaction
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DOI：
10.1080/13607860600638388
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发表时间：
2006-09-01
影响因子：
3.4
通讯作者：
Poon, L.
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作者：
Bishop, A. J.;Martin, P.;Poon, L.
这项研究的目的是确定健康损害、社会经济地位和社会支持与晚年生活满意度之间的关系。使用来自佐治亚州百岁老人研究的320名老年人的样本数据，我们构建了一个生活满意度的结构模型。采用LISREL分析方法对包括幸福和和谐的双因素模型进行检验，并确定健康损害、社会经济地位(SES)和社会支持与幸福和和谐的关系，这是生活满意度A的两个测量指标。数据提供了令人满意的模型拟合度(GFI=0.94；AFGI=0.91)。社会支持和社会支持对健康损害有直接影响。健康损害是幸福和和谐的关键预测变量和中介变量。研究结果也支持了社会资源与晚年主观幸福感之间的关系。特别是，社会资源和生活满意度之间的联系是通过健康损害来调节的。这些发现提供了关于健康和社会资源如何影响过去和现在对老年人主观幸福感评估的理解。
The purpose of this study was to determine how health impairment, socioeconomic status, and social support relate to life satisfaction in later life. Using data from a sample of 320 older adults from The Georgia Centenarian Study, we constructed a structural model of life satisfaction. LISREL analysis was performed to test a two-factor model that included Happiness and Congruence and to determine the relationship of health impairment, socioeconomic status (SES), and social support to Happiness and Congruence, two measures of the Life Satisfaction Index-A (LSI-A). Data were found to provide a satisfactory fit of the model (GFI = 0.94; AFGI = 0.91). Social support and SES were found to have direct effects on health impairment. Health impairment was a key predictor and mediating variable of Happiness and Congruence. Findings also support a relationship between social resources and subjective well-being in later life. In particular, the association between social resources and life satisfaction was mediated through health impairment. These findings offer understanding relative to how health and social resources influence past and present assessments of subjective well-being among the elderly.