The Effects of Baby Boomers’ Social Networks on their Life-Satisfaction with a Focus on the Mediated Effects of Self-Esteem

本研究以抗逆力視野來探討本地新來港人士的生活滿足感及歸屬感等各方面的狀況，並尋找促進新移民正向適應的保護因子及阻礙其發展的危機因子。研究以街頭訪問的方式搜集了1,012位被訪者的資料，當中男性佔35.4%, 女性則有64.3%; 平均年齡為37.7歲。結果顯示新來港人士比本地出生的居民及非本地出生但居住香港多於七年的居民兩個群組在廣東話的溝通能力、自尊感、社會網絡、社區歸屬感及生活滿足感等5個方面的表現均較差。結構模式的分析顯示自尊感、社區歸屬感及社會網絡是促進生活滿足感的保護因子；而溝通能力差是阻礙新移民正向適應的危機因子。根據研究結果，文中提議一些服務來改善新來港人士的生活滿足感。 This study adopted the resilience perspective to explore the life satisfaction and community attachment of new arrivals in Hong Kong, and to examine the protective factors and risk factors that affecting their well-being. The study used the street interview and the accidental sampling to collect data from 1,012 respondents. The sample comprised 35.4% men and 64.3% women. The mean age of participants was 37.7 years. The results indicated that the new arrivals had lower scores in communication competence, self-esteem, social networks, community attachment and life satisfaction than the local born residents and non-local born residents who have been in Hong Kong for more than 7 years. Moreover, results of the structural equation model confirmed that self-esteem, community attachment and social networks were protective factors of life satisfaction; and poor communication competence was a risk factor that hindered positive adaption. Based on the study results, service recommendation was suggested to improve the life satisfaction and community attachment of the new arrivals.

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Association Between Social Networks and Subjective Well-Being in Adolescents: A Systematic Review

Youth & Society ◽

10.1177/0044118x20919589 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 0044118X2091958

Author(s):

Deborah Webster ◽

Laura Dunne ◽

Ruth Hunter

Keyword(s):

Social Networks ◽

Body Image ◽

Life Satisfaction ◽

Online Social Networks ◽

Positive Association ◽

Well Being ◽

Self Esteem ◽

Subjective Well Being ◽

The Social ◽

High Investment

Social networks are ubiquitous in the lives of adolescents. This work systematically reviewed all studies which investigated the relationship between subjective well-being and the social networks of adolescents. Twenty-nine articles (out of 1,204 hits) were included within the review. Offline social networks have a positive association between the mood, self-esteem, and loneliness of adolescents but not body image. Nine of the studies investigating online social networks found a positive association on mood, life satisfaction, and loneliness through support seeking and receiving positive feedback. Fifteen of the studies found a negative association between online social networks and mood, self-esteem, life satisfaction, body image, and overall subjective well-being through high investment, passive use, receiving negative feedback, and social media ostracism. There is a need for intervention programs and education for young people, educators, and parents to address the risks to subjective well-being brought about by online social networks.

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Social and Temporal Comparisons as Moderators of Psychological Resources Associations With Wellbeing

Journal of Individual Differences ◽

10.1027/1614-0001/a000193 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 37 (2) ◽

pp. 96-104 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Hasida Ben-Zur

Keyword(s):

Life Satisfaction ◽

Positive Affect ◽

Subjective Wellbeing ◽

Social Comparisons ◽

Self Esteem ◽

Psychological Resources ◽

Low Levels ◽

Age Range ◽

General Wellbeing

Abstract. The current study investigated the associations of psychological resources, social comparisons, and temporal comparisons with general wellbeing. The sample included 142 community participants (47.9% men; age range 23–83 years), who compared themselves with others, and with their younger selves, on eight dimensions (e.g., physical health, resilience). They also completed questionnaires assessing psychological resources of mastery and self-esteem, and three components of subjective wellbeing: life satisfaction and negative and positive affect. The main results showed that high levels of psychological resources contributed to wellbeing, with self-enhancing social and temporal comparisons moderating the effects of resources on certain wellbeing components. Specifically, under low levels of mastery or self-esteem self-enhancing social or temporal comparisons were related to either higher life satisfaction or positive affect. The results highlight the role of resources and comparisons in promoting people’s wellbeing, and suggest that self-enhancing comparisons function as cognitive coping mechanisms when psychological resources are low.

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