scholarly journals They are Doing Well, but is it by Doing Good? Pathways from Nonpolitical and Political Volunteering to Subjective Well-Being in Age Comparison

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthias Lühr ◽  
Maria K. Pavlova ◽  
Maike Luhmann
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Internal Control ◽  
Perceived Control ◽  
Life Stage ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Control Beliefs ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Multilevel Regression ◽  
Middle Aged

AbstractWe investigated whether higher internal control beliefs (perceived control, political efficacy) and improved social relationships (lower loneliness, social support availability) mediated the associations between nonpolitical and political volunteering and subjective well-being (SWB; life satisfaction, emotional well-being). Moreover, we examined whether these effects differed between nonpolitical and political volunteering and across age groups. We conducted longitudinal multilevel regression analyses of data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (1985–2016) in younger (14–29, n = 7,547), middle-aged (40–50, n = 6,437), and older (65–75, n = 3,736) adults (see preregistration at https://osf.io/qk6mu). Significant effects on SWB emerged mainly in older adults who reported higher life satisfaction on occasions with more frequent nonpolitical volunteering than usual but lower life satisfaction on occasions with more frequent political volunteering. The negative effect of political volunteering was mediated by higher loneliness. In younger and middle-aged adults, mixed effects of nonpolitical and political volunteering on the mediating variables and no significant effects on SWB emerged. We discuss methodological, contextual, and life-stage explanations of our findings.

scholarly journals Subjective well-being across the retirement transition – historical differences and the role of perceived control

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Georg Henning ◽  
Dikla Segel-Karaps ◽  
Andreas Stenling ◽  
Oliver Huxhold
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Positive Affect ◽  
Psychosocial Functioning ◽  
Perceived Control ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Cohort Differences ◽  
Retirement Transition

Given substantial cohort differences in psychosocial functioning, for example perceived control, and ongoing pension reforms, the context of retirement has changed over the last decades. However, there is limited research on the consequences of such developments on historical differences in subjective well-being in the retirement transition. In the present study, we investigated historical differences in change in life satisfaction and positive affect across the retirement transition. We included perceived control as a potential mechanism behind these differences. Analyses were based on sub-samples of retirees among three nationally-representative samples of the German Ageing Survey (1996; 2002; 2008) and their respective follow-ups 6 years later. Results showed historical improvements in pre-retirement positive affect (i.e., later samples had higher pre-retirement levels), however, earlier samples showed a larger increase in positive affect across the retirement transition compared to later samples. No historical differences were found in life satisfaction. Perceived control showed no historical improvement and did not seem to contribute to historical differences in subjective well-being. Nevertheless, we found that the role of perceived control for positive affect seemingly increased over historical time. The results showed that the historical context seems to play a role in the experience of retirement, and that it is helpful to distinguish between cognitive-evaluative (e.g., life satisfaction) and affective components (e.g., positive affect) of well-being.

scholarly journals Relationship between vulnerability and life satisfaction in older population in Russia

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 66-92
Author(s):  
Victoria V. Fokina
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Adult Health ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Physical Vulnerability ◽  
Older Population ◽  
Financial Situation ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Global Ageing

The article examines the relationship between various components of vulnerability and life satisfaction among older people in Russia. Empirically, the study bases on data from the first wave of the WHO Study on Global Ageing and Adult Health (SAGE) for 2007–2010. The analysis showed that physical vulnerability, or frailty, is associated with a significantly lower level of life satisfaction of the older population. At the same time, there are differences in this relationship between age groups, and an increase in the physical vulnerability of individuals aged 75–89 years old reduces their subjective well-being to a greater extent in comparison with the group of individuals aged 60–74 years old. The financial situation of individuals also plays a significant role: lack of income to cover daily needs negatively affects subjective well-being. Socializing with friends is another predictor of life satisfaction in older age.

548 Predicting Perceived Functional Limitation in Midlife and Older Adulthood: The Role of Sleep and Perceived Control

SLEEP ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 44 (Supplement_2) ◽  
pp. A216-A216
Author(s):  
Claire Williams ◽  
Sarah Ghose ◽  
Morgan Reid ◽  
Sahar Sabet ◽  
Ashley MacPherson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Sleep Quality ◽  
Perceived Control ◽  
Functional Limitations ◽  
Functional Limitation ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The United States ◽  
Control Beliefs ◽  
Middle Aged ◽  
Subjective Sleep Quality

Abstract Introduction Functional limitations become increasingly common and debilitating as individuals age, potentially impacting several facets of well-being. As such, it is important to understand malleable factors that may potentially impact functional limitation outcomes. Both sleep and perceived control have been linked to the development of functional limitation. The current study sought to clarify the unique contributions of both sleep quality and perceived control to functional limitation status in middle-aged and older adults. Methods Data from the second wave of the Midlife in the United States study were used for the current study. Participants included 527 participants (59.9% female, Mage=59.83 years, SD=9.75 years) who completed measures of functional limitation levels (Functional Status Questionnaire), subjective sleep quality (Pittsburg Sleep Quality Index), and perceived control (MIDI Sense of Control Scales). A hierarchical regression analysis was conducted to examine sleep quality and perceived control as predictors in a unique model for predicting functional limitation. Demographic variables of age, gender, and race were used as covariates in study analyses. Results The overall model predicted 19.0% of the variance in functional limitation levels. Sleep quality was significantly associated with self-reported functional limitation (β=-.27, p<.001) over and above perceived control (β=.20, p<.001). Specifically, findings indicate that worse sleep quality is associated with increased functional limitation, while higher levels of perceived control are associated with lower levels of functional limitation. Conclusion Though perceived control is known to be associated with functional limitation status, the present study suggests a unique effect of sleep quality on functional limitation even after accounting for perceived control. Due to the potential for negative effects of functional limitation in middle-aged to older adults, it is important to identify and target constructs for research and intervention related to the development of these limitations. Care models for individuals who report experiencing functional limitations may benefit from targeting sleep health and control beliefs in intervention and assessment. Support (if any):

scholarly journals Usporedba tri dobne skupine u različitim aspektima zadovoljstva životom

2018 ◽  
Vol 36 (13) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zvjezdan Penezić
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
Satisfaction With Life ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Life Transitions ◽  
Somatic Complaints ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Middle Aged ◽  
Aged People ◽  
Being There

Satisfaction with life is an often used term, and after the sixties many researchers have published many scientific works and papers on this theme.The available literature deals with measurement and defines satisfaction with life in the larger context of subjective well-being. This concept includes: 1. satisfaction with life, as a cognitive component, 2. positive, and 3. negative affects, as affective components. There are also some disagreements about the effects of age on satisfaction with life.The investigation covered 228 subjects. Heedful of Levinson's theoretical insight about life transitions, the subjects were sorted into three groups: a group of students, a group of middle aged people, and a group of older people. The aspects of satisfaction with life were measured on the scales originally used for assessment of subjective well being.The results of comparing these three groups of subjects show that the group of students and the group of older people differ from the third group only in the number of subjectively expressed somatic complaints. Students and older people have more somatic complaints titan the group of middle aged people. In the other aspects of subjective well-being there are no differences among the three age groups.Generally speaking, results indicate that títere are no differences among the three age groups in regard to the main aspects of subjective well-being and that the scales used are reliable for further use on a sample of Croatian subjects.

scholarly journals On the Relation Between Over-Indebtedness and Well-Being: An Analysis of the Mechanisms Influencing Health, Sleep, Life Satisfaction, and Emotional Well-Being

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mário B. Ferreira ◽  
Filipa de Almeida ◽  
Jerônimo C. Soro ◽  
Márcia Maurer Herter ◽  
Diego Costa Pinto ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Sleep Quality ◽  
Perceived Control ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Crucial Component ◽  
Reported Health ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Lower Life Satisfaction

This paper aims to explore the association between over-indebtedness and two facets of well-being – life satisfaction and emotional well-being. Although prior research has associated over-indebtedness with lower life satisfaction, this study contributes to the extant literature by revealing its effects on emotional well-being, which is a crucial component of well-being that has received less attention. Besides subjective well-being (SWB), reported health, and sleep quality were also assessed. The findings suggest that over-indebted (compared to non-over-indebted) consumers have lower life satisfaction and emotional well-being, as well as poorer (reported) health and sleep quality. Furthermore, over-indebtedness impacts life satisfaction and emotional well-being through different mechanisms. Consumers decreased perceived control accounts for the impact of over-indebtedness on both facets of well-being (as well as on reported health and sleep). Financial well-being (a specific component of life satisfaction), partly mediates the impact of indebtedness status on overall life satisfaction. The current study contributes to research focusing on the relationship between indebtedness, well-being, health, and sleep quality, and provides relevant theoretical and practical implications.

scholarly journals Does Education Make People Happy? Spotlighting the Overlooked Societal Condition

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Satoshi Araki
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Social Systems ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Educational Expansion ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Multilevel Regression ◽  
Gini Coefficients ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Country Level ◽  
Societal Level

AbstractThe association between education and subjective well-being has long been investigated by social scientists. However, prior studies have paid inadequate attention to the influence of societal-level educational expansion and skills diffusion. In this article, multilevel regression analyses, using internationally comparable data for over 48,000 individuals in 24 countries, detect the overall positive linkage between educational attainment and life satisfaction. Nevertheless, this relationship is undermined due to the larger degree of skills diffusion at the societal level, and no longer confirmed once labor market outcomes are accounted for. Meanwhile, the extent of skills diffusion per se is positively and substantially associated with people’s subjective well-being even after adjusting for key individual-level and country-level predictors, whereas other societal conditions including GDP, Gini coefficients, safety, civic engagement, and educational expansion do not indicate significant links with life satisfaction in the current analysis. Given that recent research suggests skills diffusion promotes the formation of meritocratic social systems, one may argue it is the process of fairer rewards allocation underpinned by skills diffusion, rather than the status quo of macroeconomy, economic inequality, social stability, and educational opportunities as such, that matters more to people’s subjective well-being.

Relationship Between Ties With Adult Children and Life Satisfaction Among the Middle-Aged, the Young-Old, and the Oldest-Old Korean Adults

2017 ◽  
Vol 85 (4) ◽  
pp. 354-376 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hye Won Chai ◽  
Hey Jung Jun
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Adult Children ◽  
Oldest Old ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Middle Aged ◽  
Aging Parents ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Positive Effect ◽  
Young Old

One of the important determinants of well-being among aging parents is their relationship with adult children. Using the two waves of the Korean Longitudinal Study of Ageing, this study examined how different types of ties with adult children affect the life satisfaction of the Korean middle-aged, the young-old, and the oldest-old adults. Multigroup analysis was used to see if the effects of ties with adult children differ by the three age-groups. The results showed that frequency of contact had positive effect on life satisfaction for all of the age-groups. However, coresidence with children had a negative effect for the middle-aged, but a positive effect for the oldest-old. Finally, exchanges of support with adult children had significant effects only for the young-old. These results show that the importance of different types of ties with children change according to aging parents’ life stages.

Life satisfaction, self-concept, and family relations in Chinese adolescents and children

2003 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 182-189 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lei Chang ◽  
Catherine Mcbride-Chang ◽  
Sunita M. Stewart ◽  
Ernest Au
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Family Relations ◽  
Strong Predictor ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Social Self ◽  
Emotional Detachment

Subjective well-being across the life span may be affected by both age-specific and age-general factors within a cultural context. Thus, this study explored both developmentally invariant and variable predictors of life satisfaction among 115 second-graders and 74 eighth-graders from Hong Kong. In a regression model, general self-concept and ratings of parental warmth and autonomy/detachment predicted life satisfaction equally across the two age groups. However, social self-concept was a strong predictor of life satisfaction among adolescents only, whereas actual academic test scores predicted life satisfaction only among the children. Mean group differences emerged as well, with adolescents scoring significantly lower in life satisfaction and self-concept and higher in emotional detachment than children. Results are explained in relation to both development and culture.

Social Support, Perceived Control, and Well-Being: A Study of an Environmentally Stressed Population

1987 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 247-258 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary J. Levitt ◽  
M. Cherie Clark ◽  
James Rotton ◽  
Gordon E. Finley
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Perceived Control ◽  
Personal Control ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Control Beliefs ◽  
Unresolved Issue ◽  
Health Control ◽  
Close Relationship

Interviews were conducted with elderly residents of an area targeted for massive redevelopment. Social support was considered simultaneously with health and personal control beliefs in relation to well-being, and the unresolved issue of the sufficiency of one support figure was explored. Health, control, and support each emerged as independent predictors of affect and life satisfaction, and affect was significantly lower for those with no close support figure than for those with one close relationship. The results suggest that one close support figure may be sufficient to promote well-being, but alternative interpretations are possible.

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