Middle-aged and older adults in Aids village: a mixed methods study on talking about death and well-being promotion based on social support theory
IntroductionWill about talking about death bring well-being? This study aims to explore the impact of talking about death on the subjective well-being of the rural middle-aged and older adults in China’s “Aids village” from five dimensions: the way of talking about death, the attitude towards talkin...
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| description | IntroductionWill about talking about death bring well-being? This study aims to explore the impact of talking about death on the subjective well-being of the rural middle-aged and older adults in China’s “Aids village” from five dimensions: the way of talking about death, the attitude towards talking about death, the objects of talking about death with, the frequency of talking about death and the content of the death talk, and investigate whether social support played a mediating role during this process.MethodsA field survey and in-depth interviews were conducted in Wen Lou village (a famous Chinese “Aids village”), and valid questionnaires were completed by the HIV/Aids-affected middle-aged and older adults. A series of linear regression analyses were conducted to detect whether the way of talking about death, the attitude towards talking about death, the objects of talking about death with, the frequency of talking about death and the content of the death talk predict the subjective well-being of the HIV/Aids-affected middle-aged and older adults. An empirical test for mediation effect was performed to examine whether social support played a mediating role during the process.ResultsIt was found that the more frequent the middle-aged and older adults talk about death, the higher level of their subjective well-being is (ΔR2 = 0.056, 0.05 < p < 0.10), and during which process social support played a mediating role.DiscussionThe author believes that using “talking about death” as a kind of medical intervention, carrying out corresponding life education and death education, and developing a suitable hospice care model, may be a valuable way for the HIV/Aids-affected middle-aged and older adults in the rural area. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5417d14ed27a44af99d285955d1199552024-03-20T05:13:26ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782024-03-011510.3389/fpsyg.2024.13630471363047Middle-aged and older adults in Aids village: a mixed methods study on talking about death and well-being promotion based on social support theoryLin ZhangIntroductionWill about talking about death bring well-being? This study aims to explore the impact of talking about death on the subjective well-being of the rural middle-aged and older adults in China’s “Aids village” from five dimensions: the way of talking about death, the attitude towards talking about death, the objects of talking about death with, the frequency of talking about death and the content of the death talk, and investigate whether social support played a mediating role during this process.MethodsA field survey and in-depth interviews were conducted in Wen Lou village (a famous Chinese “Aids village”), and valid questionnaires were completed by the HIV/Aids-affected middle-aged and older adults. A series of linear regression analyses were conducted to detect whether the way of talking about death, the attitude towards talking about death, the objects of talking about death with, the frequency of talking about death and the content of the death talk predict the subjective well-being of the HIV/Aids-affected middle-aged and older adults. An empirical test for mediation effect was performed to examine whether social support played a mediating role during the process.ResultsIt was found that the more frequent the middle-aged and older adults talk about death, the higher level of their subjective well-being is (ΔR2 = 0.056, 0.05 < p < 0.10), and during which process social support played a mediating role.DiscussionThe author believes that using “talking about death” as a kind of medical intervention, carrying out corresponding life education and death education, and developing a suitable hospice care model, may be a valuable way for the HIV/Aids-affected middle-aged and older adults in the rural area.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1363047/fullsocial supportsubjective well-beingtalking about deaththe HIV/Aids-affected middle-aged and older adultsmixed methods |
| spellingShingle | Lin Zhang Middle-aged and older adults in Aids village: a mixed methods study on talking about death and well-being promotion based on social support theory Frontiers in Psychology social support subjective well-being talking about death the HIV/Aids-affected middle-aged and older adults mixed methods |
| title | Middle-aged and older adults in Aids village: a mixed methods study on talking about death and well-being promotion based on social support theory |
| title_full | Middle-aged and older adults in Aids village: a mixed methods study on talking about death and well-being promotion based on social support theory |
| title_fullStr | Middle-aged and older adults in Aids village: a mixed methods study on talking about death and well-being promotion based on social support theory |
| title_full_unstemmed | Middle-aged and older adults in Aids village: a mixed methods study on talking about death and well-being promotion based on social support theory |
| title_short | Middle-aged and older adults in Aids village: a mixed methods study on talking about death and well-being promotion based on social support theory |
| title_sort | middle aged and older adults in aids village a mixed methods study on talking about death and well being promotion based on social support theory |
| topic | social support subjective well-being talking about death the HIV/Aids-affected middle-aged and older adults mixed methods |
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