Protective Factors for Subjective Well-being in Chinese Older Adults: The Roles of Resources and Activity

Bibing Dai, Baoshan Zhang () and Juan Li ()

Journal of Happiness Studies, 2013, vol. 14, issue 4, 1225-1239

Abstract: The purpose of current study was to examine the relationships between resources, activity, and subjective well-being in later life. Using a national sample (N = 3,795) of older adults randomly selected from major Chinese mainland cities, we integrated the constructs of resources and activity into a structural model of subjective well-being. In the model, the three key resources, health, economic status and family relations, were specified as having direct effects on both activity and subjective well-being. Additionally, activity was specified as having a direct effect on subjective well-being. AMOS software was used to test and compare the goodness of fit of various models. The data had a satisfactory fit to the model (GFI = 0.980, NNFI = 0.959, CFI = 0.973, RMSEA = 0.049), indicating that the three resources had significant contributions to subjective well-being. Comparisons using several nested models also suggested that family relations had a stronger effect than health and economic status on subjective well-being. Further, activity was a partial mediator in the relationships between resources and subjective well-being. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2013

Keywords: Subjective well-being; Resources; Activity; Chinese older adults (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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