Positive Emotions, Hope, and Life Satisfaction in Chinese Older Adults: An Application of Broaden-and-Build Model.

IF 1.2 4区 医学 Q3 GERONTOLOGY International Journal of Aging & Human Development Pub Date : 2024-06-01 Epub Date: 2023-10-16 DOI:10.1177/00914150231207999
Stephen Cheong Yu Chan, Cheuk Ki Fung, Qi Lu Huang
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According to the broaden-and-build theory, positive emotions can broaden our awareness and build psychological resources, which leads to better psychological outcomes. Previous studies demonstrated that hope partially mediates the association between positive emotions and life satisfaction in college students. Yet, there has no similar model been tested among older adults. The objective of the current study was to evaluate the mediating role of hope agency and pathways in the association between positive emotions and life satisfaction. Three hundred and forty-one Chinese community-dwelling older adults (mean = 70.83, SD = 9.16) were asked to complete a survey questionnaire comprising measures assessing positive emotions, hope, life satisfaction, and other sociodemographic variables. Results showed that hope agency, but not hope pathways, partially mediated the relationship between positive emotions and life satisfaction. We discussed the importance of these initial findings concerning positive emotions and hope as predictors of life satisfaction in the older adult population.

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中国老年人的积极情绪、希望和生活满意度:拓宽和构建模型的应用。
根据拓宽与构建理论,积极情绪可以拓宽我们的意识,构建心理资源,从而获得更好的心理结果。先前的研究表明,希望在一定程度上调节了大学生积极情绪与生活满意度之间的联系。然而,还没有类似的模型在老年人中进行过测试。本研究的目的是评估希望代理和途径在积极情绪和生活满意度之间的联系中的中介作用。中国社区老年人341人(平均 = 70.83,标准差 = 9.16)被要求完成一份调查问卷,其中包括评估积极情绪、希望、生活满意度和其他社会人口学变量的指标。结果表明,希望中介而非希望途径在一定程度上介导了积极情绪与生活满意度之间的关系。我们讨论了这些关于积极情绪和希望作为老年人生活满意度预测指标的初步发现的重要性。
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期刊介绍: These are some of the broad questions with which the International Journal of Aging and Human Development is concerned. Emphasis is upon psychological and social studies of aging and the aged. However, the Journal also publishes research that introduces observations from other fields that illuminate the "human" side of gerontology, or utilizes gerontological observations to illuminate in other fields.
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