Felizberta Lo Padilla Tong School of Social Sciences, Caritas Institute of Higher Education, Tseung Kwan O, Hong Kong.
School of Arts and Social Sciences, Hong Kong Metropolitan University, Ho Man Tin, Hong Kong.
Int J Aging Hum Dev. 2024 Jun;98(4):452-468. doi: 10.1177/00914150231207999. Epub 2023 Oct 16.
According to the broaden-and-build theory, positive emotions can broaden our awareness and build psychological resources, which leads to better psychological outcomes. Previous studies demonstrated that hope partially mediates the association between positive emotions and life satisfaction in college students. Yet, there has no similar model been tested among older adults. The objective of the current study was to evaluate the mediating role of hope agency and pathways in the association between positive emotions and life satisfaction. Three hundred and forty-one Chinese community-dwelling older adults (mean = 70.83, = 9.16) were asked to complete a survey questionnaire comprising measures assessing positive emotions, hope, life satisfaction, and other sociodemographic variables. Results showed that hope agency, but not hope pathways, partially mediated the relationship between positive emotions and life satisfaction. We discussed the importance of these initial findings concerning positive emotions and hope as predictors of life satisfaction in the older adult population.
根据拓宽-构建理论，积极情绪可以拓宽我们的意识并建立心理资源，从而带来更好的心理结果。先前的研究表明，希望部分中介了积极情绪与大学生生活满意度之间的关系。然而，在老年人中尚未测试过类似的模型。本研究的目的是评估希望能动性和途径在积极情绪与生活满意度之间的关联中的中介作用。 341 名中国社区居住的老年人（平均年龄=70.83，标准差=9.16）被要求完成一份调查问卷，其中包括评估积极情绪、希望、生活满意度和其他社会人口统计学变量的措施。结果表明，希望能动性，但不是希望途径，部分中介了积极情绪与生活满意度之间的关系。我们讨论了这些关于积极情绪和希望作为老年人生活满意度预测因素的初步发现的重要性。
