Ferguson Susan Jeanne, Goodwin Andrea D
Department of Psychology, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Int J Aging Hum Dev. 2010;71(1):43-68. doi: 10.2190/AG.71.1.c.
To investigate how psychosocial resources may improve well-being for older adults, this study explored the relationship among questionnaire measures of optimism, social support and perceptions of control in predicting subjective well-being (measured with the positive affect subscale of the Affect Balance Scale) (Bradburn, 1969) and psychological well-being (measured with the purpose in life scale of the Ryff Psychological Well-being scales) (Ryff, Lee, Essex, & Schmutte, 1994) among older adults. The potential mediating roles of perceived social support and perception of control were also explored. Participants were 225 adults aged from 65 to 94 years. Optimism was found to be a predictor of both subjective and psychological well-being, and perceived social support was found to mediate the relationship between optimism and subjective well-being, but not psychological well-being. In contrast, perception of control was found to mediate the relationship between optimism and psychological well-being, but not subjective wellbeing. Longitudinal research is needed to confirm these pathways.
为了研究心理社会资源如何改善老年人的幸福感，本研究探讨了乐观主义、社会支持和控制感的问卷调查指标之间的关系，这些指标用于预测老年人的主观幸福感（用情感平衡量表的积极情感子量表测量）（布拉德伯恩，1969年）和心理幸福感（用赖夫心理幸福感量表的生活目的量表测量）（赖夫、李、埃塞克斯和施穆特，1994年）。还探讨了感知到的社会支持和控制感的潜在中介作用。参与者为225名年龄在65岁至94岁之间的成年人。研究发现，乐观主义是主观幸福感和心理幸福感的预测指标，感知到的社会支持在乐观主义与主观幸福感之间起中介作用，但在乐观主义与心理幸福感之间不起中介作用。相比之下，控制感在乐观主义与心理幸福感之间起中介作用，但在乐观主义与主观幸福感之间不起中介作用。需要进行纵向研究来证实这些途径。
