Race, Socioeconomic Status, and the Subjective Well-Being of Older Americans

McKenzie, Brad; Campbell, James D.

doi:10.2190/k35g-mawe-mnbr-ah48

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“…Demographic characteristics, such as income and marital status, health status, and social integration characteristics, have all been shown to exhibit important relationships with measures of well-being, life satisfaction and depression (see, for example: Chappe!l 1992; Doyle & Forehand 1984;Duff & Hong 1982;Kennedy, King & Muraco 1983;Lee 1978;McKenzie & Campbell 1987;Palmore & Kivett 1977).…”

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Leisure activity and well-being among the elderly in Taiwan: Testing hypotheses in an Asian setting

Zimmer

Lin

1996

J Cross-Cultural Gerontol

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Studies conducted in Western nations suggest hypotheses regarding the relationship between leisure activity and well-being among older adults. For instance, leisure activity is found to increase feelings of emotional well-being, and there are gender differences in both the types of activities in which elders tend to engage and their subsequent influences. This study attempts to verify these relationships among a sample of 4,049 Taiwanese elders (age 60+). Analyses show that men participate in most leisure activities with greater frequency than women; physical activity has the strongest positive influence on emotional well-being; contemplative activity, the only pursuit in which women out-participate men, displays a negative effect for women, and; the impact of different activity types vary by gender. These results both substantiate and refute hypotheses developed in the West, suggesting cultural variation in the impact of activity. Gender differences are explained in the context of role expectations and self-concept development. jg]Key words gw]Life satisfaction gw]Well-being gw]Activity participation gw]Leisure activity gw]Taiwan gw]Elderly.

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Section: Development Of Hypothesesmentioning

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Leisure activity and well-being among the elderly in Taiwan: Testing hypotheses in an Asian setting

Zimmer

Lin

1996

J Cross-Cultural Gerontol

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“…Significant race differences in subjective well-being persist even when researchers control for factors known to be predictive of subjective well-being (e.g., family income, education, gender, marital status, age, and health; see Bracy 1976;Herzog et al 1982;McKenzie and Campbell 1987). Downloaded by [New York University] at 20:54 18 February 2015…”

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Social roles and subjective well‐being: A decomposition of race differences

Burton¹,

Armstrong²,

Rushing³

1993

Sociological Spectrum

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This paper examines the relative importance of exposure and response to social roles for explaining race differences in subjective wellbeing. Data pooled from several years of General Social Survey interviews are used to demonstrate substantial race and gender differences in the effects of particular combinations of social roles on subjective wellbeing. Further examination of these differences suggests that in addition to race differences in access to role configurations that are beneficial for subjective well-being, there are race and gender differences in the response to those configurations.

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“…Les scores d'évaluation subjective sont reliés aux activités relatives à la santé (Olbrich, 1985), aux possibilités de récupération (Garrity et al, 1978) ainsi qu'au moral, au bonheur ou au bien-être psychologique (McKenzie et Campbell, 1987). Cette perception globale et complexe qu'a un individu de sa propre santé est plus importante pour lui que le diagnostic médical (Fooken, 1982).…”

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La perspective future, facteur de santé mentale chez les personnes âgées

Bouffard

Bastin

2008

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RÉSUMÉ Au cours d'une entrevue individuelle, 708 personnes âgées entre 65 et 90 ans ont exprimé l'éventail de leurs buts et aspirations au moyen de phrases à compléter. La distribution de leurs réponses dans des catégories temporelles donne un indice d'extension de leur perspective future (PF). Les valeurs de cet indice sont mises en relation avec des estimations subjectives qui peuvent être considérées comme des indices de santé mentale. Les résultats confirment l'hypothèse d'une relation positive entre la PF et la perception de sa santé (0,27), le sens de la vie (0,29), la satisfaction de vivre (0,30) et le sentiment de contrôler sa vie (0,18) ; par contre, la PF n'est pas reliée à l'attitude face à la mort. Ces résultats permettent de penser que la perspective future est un facteur de santé mentale et de « bon vieillissement ». Les auteurs justifient la mise en oeuvre d'une intervention visant le développement de cette « ressource personnelle ».

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Race, Socioeconomic Status, and the Subjective Well-Being of Older Americans

Cited by 38 publications

References 20 publications

Leisure activity and well-being among the elderly in Taiwan: Testing hypotheses in an Asian setting

Leisure activity and well-being among the elderly in Taiwan: Testing hypotheses in an Asian setting

Social roles and subjective well‐being: A decomposition of race differences

La perspective future, facteur de santé mentale chez les personnes âgées

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