Widowhood and Life Satisfaction Among Chinese Elderly Adults: The Influences of Lifestyles and Number of Children
Our study examined how lifestyle and number of children influence the relationship between widowhood and life satisfaction based on self-regulation theory. A sample of 2,968 elderly respondents (male = 1,515, female = 1,453, mean age = 69.12 years, SD = 7.24) participated in Chinese General Social S...
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| description | Our study examined how lifestyle and number of children influence the relationship between widowhood and life satisfaction based on self-regulation theory. A sample of 2,968 elderly respondents (male = 1,515, female = 1,453, mean age = 69.12 years, SD = 7.24) participated in Chinese General Social Survey. Our findings suggest that lifestyle is positively related to life satisfaction, and number of children is positively associated with life satisfaction but negatively related to lifestyle. The moderated mediation model demonstrated that lifestyle partly mediated the relationship between widowhood and life satisfaction. Moreover, number of children moderated the relationship between widowhood and lifestyle and between lifestyle and satisfaction with life. Widowed elderly individuals who have more children are likely to show a higher level of satisfaction with life. The present study has significance in practice because it provides empirical implications obtained from a national survey on the universal two-child policy in China as two children might decrease the negative impacts of widowhood on life satisfaction. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b5bd50693366420f90b4e792601e982b2022-12-21T21:36:01ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Public Health2296-25652022-01-01910.3389/fpubh.2021.754681754681Widowhood and Life Satisfaction Among Chinese Elderly Adults: The Influences of Lifestyles and Number of ChildrenCaiyun Yang0Xixi Sun1Wenjie Duan2School of Philosophy and Law & Political Science, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, ChinaSchool of Social and Public Administration, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, ChinaSchool of Social and Public Administration, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, ChinaOur study examined how lifestyle and number of children influence the relationship between widowhood and life satisfaction based on self-regulation theory. A sample of 2,968 elderly respondents (male = 1,515, female = 1,453, mean age = 69.12 years, SD = 7.24) participated in Chinese General Social Survey. Our findings suggest that lifestyle is positively related to life satisfaction, and number of children is positively associated with life satisfaction but negatively related to lifestyle. The moderated mediation model demonstrated that lifestyle partly mediated the relationship between widowhood and life satisfaction. Moreover, number of children moderated the relationship between widowhood and lifestyle and between lifestyle and satisfaction with life. Widowed elderly individuals who have more children are likely to show a higher level of satisfaction with life. The present study has significance in practice because it provides empirical implications obtained from a national survey on the universal two-child policy in China as two children might decrease the negative impacts of widowhood on life satisfaction.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2021.754681/fullwidowhood statuslifestylelife satisfactionnumber of childrenself-regulation theorymoderated mediation |
| spellingShingle | Caiyun Yang Xixi Sun Wenjie Duan Widowhood and Life Satisfaction Among Chinese Elderly Adults: The Influences of Lifestyles and Number of Children Frontiers in Public Health widowhood status lifestyle life satisfaction number of children self-regulation theory moderated mediation |
| title | Widowhood and Life Satisfaction Among Chinese Elderly Adults: The Influences of Lifestyles and Number of Children |
| title_full | Widowhood and Life Satisfaction Among Chinese Elderly Adults: The Influences of Lifestyles and Number of Children |
| title_fullStr | Widowhood and Life Satisfaction Among Chinese Elderly Adults: The Influences of Lifestyles and Number of Children |
| title_full_unstemmed | Widowhood and Life Satisfaction Among Chinese Elderly Adults: The Influences of Lifestyles and Number of Children |
| title_short | Widowhood and Life Satisfaction Among Chinese Elderly Adults: The Influences of Lifestyles and Number of Children |
| title_sort | widowhood and life satisfaction among chinese elderly adults the influences of lifestyles and number of children |
| topic | widowhood status lifestyle life satisfaction number of children self-regulation theory moderated mediation |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2021.754681/full |
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