The relationship between self-esteem, social support and life satisfaction of urban elderly residents
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1674-6554.2018.04.013
- VernacularTitle:城市居家老年人自尊与社会支持、生活满意度的关系
- Author:
Lina TAN
1
;
Guanghui NIE
;
Xin WU
;
Zhenghua TANG
Author Information
1. 广西壮族自治区人民医院儿童青少年心理门诊
- Keywords:
Urban elderly residents;
Self-esteem;
Social support;
Life satisfaction
- From:
Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science
2018;27(4):352-355
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To explore the difference in demographic variables of the self-esteem of Nanning elderly residents and its relationship with social support,life satisfaction.Methods A sample of 496 elderly lived at Nanning were assessed with self-esteem scale(SES),social support rating scale (SSRS) and life satisfaction index A scale (LISA).Results There were significant differences in overall self-esteem,positive self-esteem and negative self-esteem among different groups of marriage(t=2.209,2.127,-1.839),educational level (t=-2.332,-2.047,2.164),health (F=8.552,3.668,-12.736),economy (F =13.465,14.865,-7.643) and interests(F=8.552,3.668,-12.736) (t=2.860,2.394,-2.785);P＜0.05).Social support (40.13 ± 6.29) could positively predict positive self-esteem (3.04± 0.27) and negatively predict negative self-esteem(2.29±0.23) (β=0.280,-0.195,P＜0.01).Positive self-esteem could positively predict life satisfaction and negative self-esteem could negatively predict life satisfaction(12.58±3.90) (β=0.397,-0.443,P＜0.01).The intermediary effect of positive self-esteem,negative self-esteem between social support and life satisfaction were significantly(P＜0.01).Conclusion Self-esteem has partial intermediary role between social support and life satisfaction.
