El Keshky Mogeda El Sayed, Khusaifan Shatha Jamil, Kong Feng
Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia.
Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts, Assiut University, Asyut 71515, Egypt.
Behav Sci (Basel). 2023 Jun 22;13(7):527. doi: 10.3390/bs13070527.
This cross-sectional study aimed to investigate the relationship between gratitude and life satisfaction, and the mediation role of social support and enjoyment of life among older individuals. The measures employed include the Gratitude, Resentment, and Appreciation test; the Enjoyment of Life scale; the Satisfaction with Life scale; and the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support. These were administered to a sample of 260 older individuals aged between 60 and 80. The main findings revealed a positive association between gratitude and life satisfaction, and social support was a partial mediator in this relationship. Although enjoyment of life was not a direct mediator in the relationship between gratitude and life satisfaction, the final model indicated a significant serial pathway from gratitude to social support and then through enjoyment of life to life satisfaction. In conclusion, enhancing gratitude, promoting the enjoyment of life, and social support to older individuals might increase their life satisfaction, which in turn might contribute to their successful aging.
这项横断面研究旨在调查感恩与生活满意度之间的关系，以及社会支持和生活乐趣在老年人中的中介作用。所采用的测量工具包括感恩、怨恨和欣赏测试；生活乐趣量表；生活满意度量表；以及多维感知社会支持量表。这些量表施用于260名年龄在60至80岁之间的老年人样本。主要研究结果表明感恩与生活满意度之间存在正相关，并且社会支持在此关系中起部分中介作用。虽然生活乐趣在感恩与生活满意度之间的关系中不是直接中介，但最终模型显示了一条从感恩到社会支持，再通过生活乐趣到生活满意度的显著序列路径。总之，增强老年人的感恩之心、促进其生活乐趣以及给予社会支持可能会提高他们的生活满意度，这反过来可能有助于他们成功老龄化。
