Department of Methodology for the Behavioural Sciences, University of Valencia, Spain.
Aging Ment Health. 2012;16(3):317-26. doi: 10.1080/13607863.2011.615737. Epub 2012 Jan 31.
The aims of this article are: (a) to test for the validity of the three constructs involved in the structural model; (b) to test for the effects of both coping strategies and resilient coping on well-being in a sample of elderly, by means of a structural model with latent variables; (c) to empirically study whether a brief scale of resilient coping could predict well-being over and above that predicted by the coping resources.
The research is a survey design. The sample consisted of 225 non-institutionalized elderly people living in the city of Valencia (Spain). The three constructs measured were: well-being, resilient coping, and coping strategies.
The analyses consist of a series of alternative structural models with latent variables with resilience, problem-focused coping, and emotion-focused coping as the potential predictors of well-being as measured by Ryff's well-being scales. Due to parsimony reasons, the model retained is that with a single predictor of well-being: resilient coping.
A latent variable measuring resilient coping is able to predict a significant and large part of the variance in well-being, without the need of including coping strategies. Results impact on well-being literature of the elderly is discussed.
本文旨在：(a)检验结构模型中涉及的三个构念的有效性；(b)通过具有潜在变量的结构模型，检验应对策略和弹性应对对老年人幸福感的影响；(c)实证研究一个简短的弹性应对量表是否可以在应对资源预测的基础上进一步预测幸福感。
本研究采用调查设计。样本由 225 名居住在西班牙巴伦西亚市的非住院老年人组成。测量的三个构念是：幸福感、弹性应对和应对策略。
分析包括一系列具有潜在变量的替代结构模型，以弹性应对、问题焦点应对和情绪焦点应对作为 Ryff 幸福感量表衡量的幸福感的潜在预测因子。由于简约性的原因，保留的模型是具有单一幸福感预测因子的模型：弹性应对。
衡量弹性应对的潜在变量能够预测幸福感的显著和大部分差异，而无需包括应对策略。讨论了对老年人幸福感文献的影响。
