Relationship between social support and life satisfaction among the rural elderly: Mediating effect and moderating effect
10.3969/j.issn.1000-6729.2018.02.009
- VernacularTitle:农村老年人社会支持与生活满意度的关系——中介及调节变量分析
- Author:
Qiaoling XIAO
1
;
Yating WANG
;
Jin LI
;
Juan LI
Author Information
1. 中国科学院心理研究所心理健康重点实验室
- Keywords:
social support;
life satisfaction;
loneliness;
self-evaluated health;
rural elderly
- From:Chinese Mental Health Journal
2018;32(2):136-141
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective:To investigate the relationship between social support and life satisfaction among the rural elderly,and to explore the moderating and mediating variable between them.Methods:Totally 768 rural elders [aged 60-96 years,average age (70 ±7) years] from Beijing,Hubei and Anhui Province were measured with selfmade General Questionnaire (including self-reported health,rated by five grades from very poor,poor,common,good to very good),self-made Social Support Scale for the Elderly,University of California Los Angeles Loneliness Scale-6 (ULS-6) and Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS).Results:Loneliness partly mediated the relationship between social support and life satisfaction and the value of mediating effect was 56.3％.The effect of social support on the rural elders'life satisfaction was moderated by self-evaluated health.Post-hoc analysis indicted that only when the scores of self-evaluated health were lower,social support could predict life satisfaction at a significant level (β =0.25,P ＜0.001).When the scores of self-evaluated health were higher,the predicting effect was not significant (β=0.04,P ＞ 0.05).Conclusion:The relationship between social support and life satisfaction of the rural elderly is mediated by loneliness and moderated by self-evaluated health.
