Health, Functional Ability, and Environmental Quality as Predictors of Life Satisfaction in Physically Active Older Adults

Rafael Zapata-Lamana, Felipe Poblete-Valderrama, Andres Ledezma-Dames, Patricia Pavón-León, Ana María Leiva, María Trinidad Fuentes-Alvarez, Igor Cigarroa and María Antonia Parra-Rizo
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Rafael Zapata-Lamana: Escuela de Educación, Universidad de Concepción, Los Ángeles 4440000, Chile
Felipe Poblete-Valderrama: Departamento de Ciencias del Deporte y Acondicionamiento Físico, Facultad de Educación, Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción, Concepción 4030000, Chile
Andres Ledezma-Dames: Centro de Investigación en Gerontología Aplicada (CIGAP), Facultad de Salud, Universidad Santo Tomás, Antofagasta 1240000, Chile
Patricia Pavón-León: Instituto de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Veracruzana, Xalapa 91090, Mexico
Ana María Leiva: Instituto de Anatomía, Histología y Patología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia 5090000, Chile
María Trinidad Fuentes-Alvarez: División Académica de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco, Villahermosa 86150, Mexico
Igor Cigarroa: Escuela de Kinesiología, Facultad de Salud, Universidad Santo Tomás, Los Ángeles 4440000, Chile
María Antonia Parra-Rizo: Faculty of Health Sciences, Valencian International University—VIU, 46002 Valencia, Spain

Social Sciences, 2022, vol. 11, issue 6, 1-11

Abstract: The factors that make physically active older people feel more satisfied in adulthood have not been extensively studied. For this reason, the aim of this work has been to evaluate, among physically active older adults, whether the level of physical activity they perform and the factors that foster their quality of life can be predictors of their satisfaction with life. For this, the IPAQ, CUBRECAVI and LSI-A scales were applied to a sample of 397 people between 61 and 93 years old (M = 69.65, SD = 4.71). The results show that health (β = 0.373), functional abilities (β = 0.159) and environmental quality (β = 0.105) are predictors of satisfaction in the most active adults. In conclusion, neither physical activity (to a greater or lesser extent) nor income are predictive variables of satisfaction with life but, rather, predict some of the components that cement their quality of life (health, fending for themselves and the home environment).

Keywords: life satisfaction; elderly; health; functional ability; environmental quality; physical activity; income (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A B N P Y80 Z00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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