Impact of social support on life satisfaction in older adults: Considering socioeconomic status as moderator

IF 2.1 3区心理学 Q3 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL

Asian Journal of Social Psychology Pub Date : 2023-09-22 DOI:10.1111/ajsp.12583

Soowon Park

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Abstract

This study examined the associations between changes in different types of social support and change in life satisfaction in retired older adults, and the moderating role of socioeconomic status (education and income). Data were extracted from a nationally representative sample of 2837 older adults taken from the survey of the 7th (2018) and 8th (2020) waves of the Korean Retirement and Income Study. The study employed regression analysis to explore the relationships between changes in three types of social support (emotional, informational, instrumental) and changes in life satisfaction. The results of the study indicate that the associations between changes in social support and life satisfaction differed by type of social support and participants' changes in income. Specifically, an increase in emotional social support positively related to an increase in life satisfaction, with a stronger association observed among older adults with decreased income compared to those with increased income. Meanwhile, changes in informational social support were positively related to changes in life satisfaction regardless of education or income level. Finally, changes in instrumental social support were not found to be significantly associated with changes in life satisfaction. This study highlights the importance of considering the types of social support that older adults have and need, as well as changes in their economic status, when seeking to understand their life satisfaction.

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社会支持对老年人生活满意度的影响：将社会经济地位视为调节因素

本研究探讨了退休老年人不同类型社会支持的变化与生活满意度变化之间的关联，以及社会经济地位（教育和收入）的调节作用。数据取自韩国退休和收入研究第 7 次（2018 年）和第 8 次（2020 年）调查中具有全国代表性的 2837 名老年人样本。研究采用回归分析法探讨了三类社会支持（情感支持、信息支持、工具支持）的变化与生活满意度变化之间的关系。研究结果表明，社会支持变化与生活满意度之间的关系因社会支持类型和参与者收入变化而异。具体来说，情感类社会支持的增加与生活满意度的增加呈正相关，与收入增加的老年人相比，收入减少的老年人的相关性更强。同时，无论受教育程度或收入水平如何，信息性社会支持的变化与生活满意度的变化呈正相关。最后，工具性社会支持的变化与生活满意度的变化没有明显的关联。这项研究强调，在了解老年人的生活满意度时，必须考虑到他们所拥有和需要的社会支持类型，以及他们经济状况的变化。

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Asian Journal of Social Psychology PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL-

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期刊介绍： Asian Journal of Social Psychology publishes empirical papers and major reviews on any topic in social psychology and personality, and on topics in other areas of basic and applied psychology that highlight the role of social psychological concepts and theories. The journal coverage also includes all aspects of social processes such as development, cognition, emotions, personality, health and well-being, in the sociocultural context of organisations, schools, communities, social networks, and virtual groups. The journal encourages interdisciplinary integration with social sciences, life sciences, engineering sciences, and the humanities. The journal positively encourages submissions with Asian content and/or Asian authors but welcomes high-quality submissions from any part of the world.