Life Satisfaction and Depression among Retired Black Persons

1984 ◽  
Vol 55 (2) ◽  
pp. 452-454 ◽  
Author(s):  
Asia Farakhan ◽  
Bernard Lubin ◽  
And William A. O'Connor
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Depressive Mood ◽  
Demographic Variables ◽  
Check List ◽  
Adjective Check List ◽  
High Life Satisfaction ◽  
Low Levels ◽  
Three Phases

Correlates of life satisfaction of 30 elderly black persons were studied by means of a three-session, phase-focused (pre-retirement, immediate post-retirement, and current) interview that included the Ecosystem Activity Record (EAR) and the Depression Adjective Check List (DACL) administered to 23 women and 7 men whose ages ranged from 52 to 97 yr. Findings over the three phases were (1) an over-all decrease in activities but an increase in time spent with family and home and an increase in participation in church or religiously oriented functions, (2) an over-all pattern of relatively high life satisfaction, and (3) relatively low levels of depressive mood. Relationships among demographic variables also were noted.

scholarly journals SOCIAL SUPPORT AND SOCIAL RESOURCES PREDICTING LIFE SATISFACTION AMONG CENTENARIANS AND OCTOGENARIANS

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S174-S174
Author(s):  
Rotem Arieli ◽  
Peter Martin ◽  
Leonard Poon
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Social Resources ◽  
Demographic Variables ◽  
Old People ◽  
High Life Satisfaction ◽  
Path Models ◽  
Cognitively Intact ◽  
Social Provisions ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract Although much research has assessed the relationship between social support and life satisfaction for older adults, there is little information on how social support predicts life satisfaction over and above social resources among very old people. The purpose of this research was to determine pathways from demographic variables, social resources, and social support to life satisfaction. Data from 208 cognitively-intact centenarians and octogenarians of the Georgia Centenarian Study (GCS) were analyzed using multiple regression analyses to evaluate pathways from social resources via social support to life satisfaction. Three different models were analyzed in the GCS sample: one with a combined group of octogenarians and centenarians, one with only octogenarians, and one with only centenarians. Path models included: demographic variables (gender, ethnicity, residential type, and age in years) to social resources to social provisions to life satisfaction. Results in the combined older adult group showed that residence type significantly predicted social resources, β = -.26, p < .01, social resources significantly predicted social provisions, β =.15, p < .05, and social provisions significantly predicted life satisfaction, β =.15, p < .05. Results in the centenarian sample showed that both residence type and age significantly predicted social resources, β =-.19, p < .05, and β = -.17, p = .05, respectively, and social resources significantly predicted social provisions, β = .18, p = .05. Overall, results indicate the uniqueness of the centenarian population and their paths to high life satisfaction through social resources and support.

Measuring Depressive Mood in Elderly Israeli: Reliability and Validity of the Depression Adjective Check Lists

1991 ◽  
Vol 68 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1311-1316 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacob Lomranz ◽  
Nitza Eyal ◽  
Bernard Lubin ◽  
Alik Joffe
Keyword(s):  
Depression Scale ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Depressive Mood ◽  
The State ◽  
Elderly Persons ◽  
Check List ◽  
Adjective Check List ◽  
Reliability Estimates ◽  
Hebrew Version ◽  
State Form

To establish the psychometric properties of the state form of the Depression Adjective Check List (DACL) with elderly Israeli, a 1981 Hebrew version of the DACL by Lomranz, Lubin, Eyal, and Medini, along with the Zung Self-rating Depression Scale and Cantril's Self-anchoring Striving Scale, were administered to 86 independently functioning elderly persons (35 men and 51 women) living in a home for the aged. Reliability estimates (alphas and test-retest) were moderate to high; validity estimates (concurrent and construct) were again moderate to high. It was concluded that the state form of the Depression Adjective Check List is suitable for use with elderly Israeli.

scholarly journals Risk Tolerance: The Influence of Gender and Life Satisfaction

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (1(J)) ◽  
pp. 66-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zandri Dickason-Koekemoer ◽  
Suné Ferreira
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
High Risk ◽  
Satisfaction With Life ◽  
Investment Decisions ◽  
Demographic Variables ◽  
Risk Tolerance ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Tolerance Level ◽  
High Life Satisfaction ◽  
Level Of Risk

Abstract: Financial managers base an investor’s risk profile on their demographics and level of risk investors are willing to tolerate. Risk tolerance is often influenced by the different levels of life satisfaction that an investor experience and may differ based on the demographic composition of that investor. Demographic variables such as gender can differentiate between investors level of life satisfaction, which can ultimately affect investment decisions. As a result, the degree of life satisfaction can affect investment decisions by manipulating the level of risk that investors are willing to tolerate. Male and female investors can be categorised into different risk tolerance levels based on their satisfaction with life status. The aim of this study is to determine the risk tolerance level of male and female investors considering their level of life satisfaction. The results of this study indicated that the more unsatisfied investors are with their lives the less likely they will be to take on high-risk investments. Therefore, low life satisfaction is accompanied by a low-risk tolerance level. Male investors had higher life satisfaction compared to female investors. Female investors were only willing to tolerate high risk when experiencing extremely low life satisfaction or extremely high life satisfaction stages.

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

2016 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 96-104 ◽  
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.

Adjective Check List

1965 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harrison G. Gough ◽  
Alfred B. Heilbrun
Keyword(s):  
Check List ◽  
Adjective Check List

Multiple Affect Adjective Check List--Revised

1983 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marvin Zuckerman ◽  
Benard Lubin ◽  
Christine M. Rinck
Keyword(s):  
Check List ◽  
Adjective Check List ◽  
Affect Adjective

Empathy in context: Socioeconomic status as a moderator of the link between empathic accuracy and well-being in married couples

2021 ◽  
pp. 026540752199075
Author(s):  
Emily F. Hittner ◽  
Claudia M. Haase
Keyword(s):  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Marital Satisfaction ◽  
Negative Affect ◽  
Marital Conflict ◽  
Married Couples ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Empathic Accuracy ◽  
Low Levels

The present laboratory-based study investigated socioeconomic status (SES) as a moderator of the association between empathic accuracy and well-being among married couples from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds. Empathic accuracy was measured using a performance-based measure of empathic accuracy for one’s spouse’s negative emotions during a marital conflict conversation. Aspects of well-being included well-being (i.e., positive affect, life satisfaction), ill-being (i.e., negative affect, anxiety symptoms, depressive symptoms), and marital satisfaction. SES was measured using a composite score of income and education. Findings showed that SES moderated associations between empathic accuracy and well-being. Empathic accuracy was beneficial (for well-being and ill-being) or not harmful (for marital satisfaction) at low levels of SES. In contrast, empathic accuracy was not beneficial (for well-being and ill-being) or harmful (for marital satisfaction) at high levels of SES. Results were robust (controlled for age, gender, and race). Findings are discussed in light of interdependence vs. independence in low- vs. high-SES contexts and highlight the importance of socioeconomic context in determining whether empathic accuracy benefits well-being or not.

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