The Impact of Positive Self-Perceptions of Aging on Subjective Well-Being through the Mediation of Psychological Resilience among Community-Dwelling Older Adults during COVID-19 in Taiwan

IF 4.6 Q2 MATERIALS SCIENCE, BIOMATERIALS
Jia-Jen Chen, Li-Fan Liu, Jeanne Laraine Shea
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Abstract

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the well-being of older adults has been highlighted as a significant public health concern. In this study, we investigated the role of psychological resilience in mediating the relationship between positive self-perceptions of aging (SPA) and the subjective well-being (SWB) of community-dwelling older adults in Taiwan during the pandemic. We collected data through face-to-face interviews conducted from October 2021 to February 2022, involving 1,095 participants aged 50 years or above residing in a southern city in Taiwan. More than half of the study participants were female, aged 65 or older, and had less than a high school education. More than two thirds were married and/or living with partners. More than a third had two or more noncommunicable diseases. We calculated scores for SWB, positive SPA, and psychological resilience and examined correlations among the outcome and predictor variables. Our findings indicated that higher positive SPA was significantly associated with better SWB among community-dwelling older adults in Taiwan and that this association was mediated by psychological resilience. Specifically, after controlling for covariates, structural equation modeling (SEM) analysis revealed a significant main effect of positive SPA on SWB (b = 0.412, β = 0187, and p  <  0.001), while bootstrap mediation analysis showed a statistically significant indirect mediating effect from positive SPA on SWB via psychological resilience (0.597, 95% bootstrap CIs = [0.445, 0.749], and p  <  0.001). These findings highlight the potential importance of cultivating positive self-perceptions of aging and implementing resilience-centered interventions to promote well-being among Chinese older adults in the community.

在 COVID-19 期间,台湾社区居住的老年人通过心理复原力的中介作用,对老龄化的积极自我认知对主观幸福感的影响
在 COVID-19 大流行期间,老年人的幸福感已被强调为一个重要的公共卫生问题。在本研究中,我们探讨了心理复原力在大流行期间调解台湾社区老年人对衰老的积极自我认知(SPA)与主观幸福感(SWB)之间关系的作用。我们在 2021 年 10 月至 2022 年 2 月期间进行了面对面访谈,收集了 1095 名居住在台湾南部城市、年龄在 50 岁或以上的参与者的数据。超过半数的研究参与者为女性,年龄在 65 岁或以上,教育程度在高中以下。三分之二以上已婚和/或与伴侣同住。超过三分之一的人患有两种或两种以上的非传染性疾病。我们计算了 SWB、积极 SPA 和心理复原力的得分,并研究了结果变量和预测变量之间的相关性。我们的研究结果表明,在台湾社区居住的老年人中,较高的积极 SPA 与较好的 SWB 显著相关,并且这种关联是由心理复原力中介的。具体来说,在控制了协变量后,结构方程建模(SEM)分析表明,积极的SPA对SWB有显著的主效应(b = 0.412,β = 0187,p < 0.001),而自举中介分析表明,积极的SPA通过心理复原力对SWB有统计学上显著的间接中介效应(0.597,95%自举CIs = [0.445,0.749],p < 0.001)。这些发现凸显了培养积极的老龄化自我认知和实施以抗逆力为中心的干预措施对于促进中国社区老年人福祉的潜在重要性。
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ACS Applied Bio Materials
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