Vallerand R J, O'Connor B P, Blais M R
Laboratory of Social Psychology, University of Quebec, Montreal.
Int J Aging Hum Dev. 1989;28(4):277-83. doi: 10.2190/JQ0K-D0GG-WLQV-QMBN.
Numerous studies have found that giving nursing home residents more control or self-determination in their daily lives increases their life satisfaction. However, it is not known if elderly people living in high self-determination nursing homes are as satisfied with life as elderly people living in the community. In this study, it was found that elderly persons living in regular community housing, in low-cost community housing, and in high self-determination nursing homes reported similar levels of life satisfaction, and more life satisfaction than elderly people living in low self-determination nursing homes. Health and sociodemographic variables could not account for these findings. The common assumption that nursing homes have detrimental effects on life satisfaction appears unwarranted in the case of those that provide opportunities for self-determination.
众多研究发现，给予养老院居民更多日常生活控制权或自主权能提高他们的生活满意度。然而，尚不清楚生活在高度自主养老院的老年人是否与生活在社区中的老年人一样对生活感到满意。在本研究中，发现居住在普通社区住房、低成本社区住房和高度自主养老院中的老年人报告的生活满意度水平相似，且比生活在低度自主养老院中的老年人有更高的生活满意度。健康和社会人口统计学变量无法解释这些发现。对于那些提供自主机会的养老院而言，认为养老院会对生活满意度产生不利影响的普遍假设似乎是没有根据的。
