School of Public Policy and Administration, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Nov 14;17(22):8434. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17228434.
The current study investigated the association between three types of family support and living satisfaction of elderly individuals in China, and paid particular attention to the possible mediating role of the elderly population's multidimensional health. A cross-sectional survey was conducted in 2019, and 938 elderly people from seven counties (districts) of China's Shaanxi province were enrolled. Multivariable linear regression and mediation effect analysis were employed to examine the integrated relationships among these variables. The results showed that emotional support and decisional support from families were positively related to the living satisfaction of elderly individuals (β = 0.101, = 0.000; β = 0.263, = 0.000), while the relationship between daily living support and living satisfaction was not significant (β = 0.017, > 0.05). The mediation examination further demonstrated that both mental state and social integration mediated the association between emotional support and living satisfaction, as well as the association between decisional support and living satisfaction, but a mediating effect of physical health was not observed. These results indicate the pathways in the relationships of different types of family support to living satisfaction via mental state and social integration, having significant implications for enhancing the living satisfaction the elderly.
本研究探讨了中国老年人三种类型的家庭支持与生活满意度之间的关系，并特别关注老年人多维健康的可能中介作用。2019 年进行了一项横断面调查，共纳入中国陕西省七个县（区）的 938 名老年人。采用多变量线性回归和中介效应分析来检验这些变量之间的综合关系。结果表明，家庭的情感支持和决策支持与老年人的生活满意度呈正相关（β=0.101，p=0.000；β=0.263，p=0.000），而日常生活支持与生活满意度之间的关系不显著（β=0.017，p＞0.05）。中介检验进一步表明，心理状态和社会融合在情感支持与生活满意度之间的关系以及决策支持与生活满意度之间的关系中均起中介作用，但未观察到身体健康的中介作用。这些结果表明，不同类型的家庭支持与生活满意度之间的关系通过心理状态和社会融合来实现，这对提高老年人的生活满意度具有重要意义。
