Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain.
Aging Ment Health. 2013;17(1):94-101. doi: 10.1080/13607863.2012.702731. Epub 2012 Jul 16.
Satisfaction with life is of particular interest in the study of old age well-being because it has arisen as an important component of old age. A considerable amount of research has been done to explain life satisfaction in the elderly, and there is growing empirical evidence on best predictors of life satisfaction. This research evaluates the predictive power of some aging process variables, on Angolan elderly people's life satisfaction, while including perceived health into the model. Data for this research come from a cross-sectional survey of elderly people living in the capital of Angola, Luanda. A total of 1003 Angolan elderly were surveyed on socio-demographic information, perceived health, active engagement, generativity, and life satisfaction. A Multiple Indicators Multiple Causes model was built to test variables' predictive power on life satisfaction. The estimated theoretical model fitted the data well. The main predictors were those related to active engagement with others. Perceived health also had a significant and positive effect on life satisfaction. Several processes together may predict life satisfaction in the elderly population of Angola, and the variance accounted for it is large enough to be considered relevant. The key factor associated to life satisfaction seems to be active engagement with others.
生活满意度在老年幸福感研究中特别有趣，因为它已成为老年的一个重要组成部分。已经有大量的研究来解释老年人的生活满意度，并且有越来越多的关于生活满意度最佳预测因素的经验证据。这项研究评估了一些衰老过程变量对安哥拉老年人生活满意度的预测能力，同时将感知健康纳入模型。这项研究的数据来自对安哥拉首都罗安达的老年人进行的横断面调查。共有 1003 名安哥拉老年人接受了社会人口统计学信息、感知健康、积极参与、生育力和生活满意度的调查。建立了一个多指标多原因模型来检验变量对生活满意度的预测能力。估计的理论模型很好地拟合了数据。主要的预测因素是与与他人积极互动相关的因素。感知健康对生活满意度也有显著的积极影响。几个过程共同作用可能会预测安哥拉老年人群的生活满意度，并且所解释的方差足够大，因此被认为是相关的。与生活满意度相关的关键因素似乎是与他人的积极互动。
