Protective Factors for Subjective Well-being in Chinese Older Adults: The Roles of Resources and Activity

被引:37
作者
Dai, Bibing [1 ,2 ]
Zhang, Baoshan [1 ,3 ]
Li, Juan [1 ]
机构
[1] Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Psychol, Ctr Aging Psychol, Key Lab Mental Hlth, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China
[2] Tianjin Med Univ, Sch Med Humanities, Tianjin, Peoples R China
[3] Shaanxi Normal Univ, Sch Psychol, Xian 710062, Peoples R China
基金
中国国家自然科学基金; 中国博士后科学基金;
关键词
Subjective well-being; Resources; Activity; Chinese older adults; PHYSICAL-ACTIVITY; LIFE SATISFACTION; HEALTH; EXERCISE; HAPPINESS; PERSONALITY; EUDAIMONIA; QUALITY; MODEL; SCALE;
D O I
10.1007/s10902-012-9378-7
中图分类号
B84 [心理学];
学科分类号
04 ; 0402 ;
摘要
The purpose of current study was to examine the relationships between resources, activity, and subjective well-being in later life. Using a national sample (N = 3,795) of older adults randomly selected from major Chinese mainland cities, we integrated the constructs of resources and activity into a structural model of subjective well-being. In the model, the three key resources, health, economic status and family relations, were specified as having direct effects on both activity and subjective well-being. Additionally, activity was specified as having a direct effect on subjective well-being. AMOS software was used to test and compare the goodness of fit of various models. The data had a satisfactory fit to the model (GFI = 0.980, NNFI = 0.959, CFI = 0.973, RMSEA = 0.049), indicating that the three resources had significant contributions to subjective well-being. Comparisons using several nested models also suggested that family relations had a stronger effect than health and economic status on subjective well-being. Further, activity was a partial mediator in the relationships between resources and subjective well-being.
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页码:1225 / 1239
页数:15
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