Americans’ Well-Being: Specific Life Concerns

Andrews, Frank M.; Withey, Stephen B.

doi:10.1007/978-1-4684-2253-5_8

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“…The structure of QoL consisted of two major components: one emotional or affective, and the other a judgmental or cognitive component (Diener, 1984). The latter was also conceptualized as life satisfaction (Andrews & Withey, 1976). Thus, life satisfaction, depression, and loneliness were employed as measurements of QoL in this study.…”

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The Effect of Aging Attitudes on the Quality of Life of Older Adults in China

2020

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We use data from the 2014 China Longitudinal Aging Social Survey to examine the effect of attitudes toward aging on quality of life among older adults in China. We find that older people who experience psychosocial loss may be less satisfied with their life, and have more feelings of depression and loneliness. Compared to older women, older men have lower life satisfaction, and more depression and loneliness, though psychosocial loss has less of an effect on them. Older women who experience psychosocial loss are more likely to be dissatisfied with their life and feel more depressive and lonelier than their male counterparts. Among those who experience psychosocial loss, older people living in rural communities have a higher level of life satisfaction, while living in urban areas may counteract some of the positive impact of psychological growth on reducing the frequency of feeling depressed and lonely. Social policy can play a role in shaping constructive social/community environments to build more positive attitudes toward aging.

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The Effect of Aging Attitudes on the Quality of Life of Older Adults in China

2020

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“…It was assessed by the item ‘In general, to what extent you feel satisfied with your life’ (1 = strong dissatisfaction to 7 = strong satisfaction ) (Andrews & Withey, 2012), which has been widely used in Chinese populations (Chen & Davey, 2008; Leung & Zhang, 2000).…”

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Anticipated socio-political developments and related personal responses as structural determinants of mental health problems: A population-based study

Yang

She

Lau

et al. 2019

Int J Soc Psychiatry

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Background: Socio-political circumstances, including security, poverty, national wealth, income inequality, social integration and political conflicts, determine population health. Anticipated socio-political developments refer to the perceived improvement/deterioration in these circumstances in the future year. Aims: This study tested relationships between this anticipation and population mental health (probable depression/depressive symptoms and life satisfaction) and the mediation roles of negative personal responses toward socio-political situations (frustration, emotional disturbance, self-efficacy in political involvement, perceived sense of security, and satisfaction about societal ability in fulfilling individuals’ needs) in explaining these relationships. Method: The telephone survey randomly interviewed 420 (59.5% female) adults in Hong Kong. Questionnaire included scales assessing the aforementioned variables. Results: Most participants (71.7%) had pessimistic anticipations over socio-political developments; 11.3% of the participants were classified as having probable depression. Anticipated deterioration in socio-political developments was significantly associated with depressive symptoms and life satisfaction; emotional disturbance, sense of security and need satisfaction were partial mediators of these relationships. Need satisfaction and sense of security showed the strongest mediation effects both for mediations that involved depressive symptoms and life satisfaction. Conclusion: Both politicians’ awareness and mental health promotion are required to alleviate the negative impact of negative socio-political perception on mental health.

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“…The relationship between affect balance and life satisfaction has been found to be statistically significant in a range of cultural contexts, although the strength of this correlation varies across countries (Suh et al, 1998). At the high-ordered level, and in conjunction with affect balance, life satisfaction constitutes the substrate of subjective well-being (SWB) (Andrews and Withey, 1976) which is, in turn, linked to many health-related outcomes (Diener and Chan, 2011). The study of this entire network of relations has shown that while adverse life conditions, socioeconomic disadvantage, interpersonal relations, and social support are related to life satisfaction, once such factors have been controlled for, children’s psychosocial functioning also contributes positively to their quality of life.…”

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Life satisfaction and trauma in clinical and non-clinical children living in a war-torn environment: A discriminant analysis

Veronese

Pepe

2017

J Health Psychol

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The aim of this work was to discriminate between healthy children and children at risk of developing mental impairments by evaluating the impact on contextual and individual factors of a context characterized by war. We tested the hypothesis that a linear discriminant function composed of trauma, life satisfaction, and affect balance has the power to classify the children as community or clinical referred. Membership of the clinical-referred group was associated with poorer life satisfaction and higher levels of trauma. Community-referred profiles were associated with lesser trauma. Perceived life satisfaction regarding family and school was the main contributor to the discriminant function.

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Americans’ Well-Being: Specific Life Concerns

Cited by 89 publications

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The Effect of Aging Attitudes on the Quality of Life of Older Adults in China

The Effect of Aging Attitudes on the Quality of Life of Older Adults in China

Anticipated socio-political developments and related personal responses as structural determinants of mental health problems: A population-based study

Life satisfaction and trauma in clinical and non-clinical children living in a war-torn environment: A discriminant analysis

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