Assets and Life Satisfaction of Older Korean Parents: Mediating Effects of Multiple Children’s Adult Status Attainment

2021 ◽  
Vol 52 (3) ◽  
pp. 480-507
Author(s):  
Soo-Bin You ◽  
Heejeong Choi
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Transition To Adulthood ◽  
Home Ownership ◽  
Life Quality ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Status Attainment ◽  
College Graduation ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Older Parents ◽  
Adult Status

This study examined if the association between older parents’ assets and life satisfaction is mediated by multiple children’s adult status attainment, given increasingly complicated processes of transition to adulthood and diminishing returns for parents’ extended investment in adult children. Disparate bodies of literature have indicated that assets help promoting older adults’ individual health and well-being; and parental assets also facilitate children’s reaching of adulthood. However, little attention has been paid to the ways in which the association between assets and life satisfaction might be explained by multiple children’s adult role statuses. Using the 5th wave of the Korean Longitudinal Study of Ageing (2014), this study analyzed a sample of parents aged 60 years and older with at least one living child aged between 30 and 50. For analyses, mediation models were estimated using SPSS PROCESS. Results showed that the association between non-financial assets and life satisfaction was partially mediated by one or more grown children’s college graduation and home ownership. Children’s employment, marriage, and parenthood did not play a major role in explicating the link between assets and life satisfaction in the contemporary socioeconomic context of Korea. Regarding policy and practice implications, comprehensive asset-building programs should be offered for parents to financially prepare for old age; parents should be informed that their overall life quality may hinge less on the lives of their children than might be typically expected, thus necessitating a more tailored approach to financially supporting their children during their transition to adulthood.

SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC WELFARE AND THE LEVEL OF LIFE SATISFACTION ON THE EXAMPLE OF SELECTED COUNTRIES

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-30
Author(s):  
Ewa Polak
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Social Indicators ◽  
Life Quality ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Social Conditions ◽  
Economic Welfare ◽  
Quality Life ◽  
Methods Of Measurement ◽  
Economic Well Being

The article presents problems related to life quality, life satisfaction and sense of happiness, their determinants, methods of measurement and dependence on the level of wealth and other conditions. Life quality is an abstract blurred term which depends on numerous factors. There is not any single, comprehensive definition, measure or cause of such phenomena as life quality, economic well-being or sense of happiness. Their evaluation depends on economic, political, cultural and social conditions and also on individual features, expectations and attitudes. More and more often, next to hard economic coefficients, social indicators are applied, and synthetic measures of the level of life quality or social and economic well-being are developed. The level of social development is strongly affected by the quality of human capital. The article presents an attempt at matching parameters and indicators which characterise various aspects of life quality and applying them for the development of synthetic measures of life quality in its different aspects. It is also aimed at comparing them with the current results obtained by research studies in this field. The aim of the article is to provide an assessment of diversification in the levels of living conditions observed in some selected countries – its size, specificity and cause-effect relations with the use of the listed parameters and measures. The research on life quality should be applied to the assessment of the efficiency of social and economic policy which has been currently implemented.

scholarly journals Mothers’ Subjective Well-Being after Having a Second Child in Current China: A Case Study of Xi’an City

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (20) ◽  
pp. 3823 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jianghua Liu ◽  
Zhongliang Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Life Quality ◽  
Family Intervention ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Shaanxi Province ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Work Family Conflict ◽  
Second Child ◽  
Western Countries ◽  
Work Family

The introduction of the two-child family planning policy in China calls for a study of the response of mothers’ subjective well-being after the birth of a second child. Generally focusing on Western countries, previous studies suggested that a series of factors could influence the response, but insufficient attention has been paid to the relative importance of these factors so far. Based on survey data from mothers of two children in the Xi’an metropolitan area, Shaanxi Province, China, our study indicates that the important factors associated with mothers’ life satisfaction after having a second child were, in general, common to Western countries and China. There were also two factors somewhat unique to China: positive adjustment (i.e., becoming happier) by firstborn children (average age, 6 years old) following a sibling’s birth, predicted enhanced life satisfaction for mothers; additionally, mothers who had both a son and a daughter reported the highest increase in life satisfaction, while mothers who had two sons reported the lowest increase. Socioenvironmental constraints (i.e., parenting pressure and work–family conflict) had a larger association with mothers’ life satisfaction than individual ideational factors (e.g., family orientation and fertility desire). These findings suggest that fertility-friendly policies and convenient family intervention institutions are needed to alleviate potential undesirable consequences and improve maternal life quality following a second childbirth so that the two-child policy can be a success.

scholarly journals LIFE QUALITY OF RIVNE REGION POPULATION: GEOGRAPHICAL ASPECT

2019 ◽  
pp. 60-66
Author(s):  
Andriy Dmytrovych Kalko ◽  
Oksana Volodymyrivna Yaromenko ◽  
Iryna Olegivna Osipchuk ◽  
Nіnа Rostyslavivna Муronets
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Practical Importance ◽  
Life Quality ◽  
Circulatory System ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Average Life Expectancy ◽  
Circulatory System Diseases ◽  
Constituent Elements

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the general life satisfaction of the population of Rivne region by the constituent elements of life quality. Method. The method of population life quality research of Y.Krupnov was used. The general and static methods, systematic and structural analysis methods, comparative-geographical method have been applied. The regional and national statistics, profile agencies reports have been compiled. Results. The state of demographic well-being of Rivne region is defined as high, the region has one of the highest fertility rates in Ukraine and low numbers of natural decline. The assessment of the quality of life of the population in the category of "health" is with average values in Ukraine. The most common in the region are circulatory system diseases and neoplasms and a high mortality rate from injuries and poisoning. The average life expectancy of the population is 71.6 years and is slightly higher than in Ukraine. The security of the population of the region by individual and social conditions, especially by economic indicators, is low. There is a decrease in the number of general secondary education institutions in the region, but the increase in the number of preschool institutions Improvement in the region's communications corresponds to the level of improvement in Ukraine, and, in our opinion, indicates a sufficient level of quality of life for the population in this category. The average wage in the Rivne region is lower than the national average. The quality of life of the population of Rivne region is estimated as above average and the most effective directions of its growth are substantiated: the fight against poverty through expansion of employment and reduction of the unemployment rate; regulation of the minimum wage, increase of pensions; development and implementation of measures to stimulate the development of small and medium-sized businesses, etc. Scientific novelty. The geographical aspect of the level of population life satisfaction of the studied region is revealed. For the first time the category "life quality" was systematically analyzed by its structural elements on the example of Rivne region. Practical importance. This research results reveal the level of life satisfaction of the population of Rivne region in comparative-geographical aspect and measures to increase it. They can be used to analyze the life quality of the other Ukraine regions population. They can be applied in drawing up programs of regional socio-economic development.

scholarly journals DEPRESSION SYMPTOMS AND LIFE SATISFACTION IN OLDER ADULTS DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Graciela Ishibashi ◽  
Tiago Ordonez ◽  
Gabriela dos Santos ◽  
Ana Moreira ◽  
Luiz de Moraes ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Depressive Symptomatology ◽  
Life Quality ◽  
Depression Scale ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Depression Symptoms ◽  
Exploratory Research ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Older Individuals

Background: Consequences of social isolation have worsened in populations of older adults during the current COVID-19 pandemic. An increase in the number of older individuals who show depression symptoms and change in life satisfaction levels has been verified. Studies which evaluate depressive symptomatology and the sense of life satisfaction in older individuals are necessary for healthcare planning. Objective: Investigate the presence of depression symptoms and of life satisfaction levels in older individuals during the current pandemic. Methods: This is a quantitative and exploratory research using the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS15) and its first question to evaluate life satisfaction. Results: The surveyed older adults were 428 individuals with an average age of 67.54±5.65. Most of them were females and 33% of them lived alone. 85% of them reported being satisfied with their lives. Their GDS15 score was 3.39±4.00 and there were no statistical differences between groups of individuals living alone or in the company of others. On the other hand, it was verified that participants who were satisfied with their lives showed lower scores in the GDS15 (p<0.001). Conclusion: It was verified that the sense of life satisfaction is related to depression symptoms. Such findings document the importance of life satisfaction, making it an essential indicator of subjective well-being and of life quality development to older adults within the current pandemic scenario.

Optimizing well-being into old age

2020 ◽  
pp. 532-538
Author(s):  
Firth
Keyword(s):  
Life Quality ◽  
Medical Model ◽  
Later Life ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Healthy Ageing ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Ageing Society ◽  
The Life Course ◽  
The Postponement

Healthy ageing, well-being in later life, quality of life, and disability-free life are ideas that drive policy and practice in our ageing society. Their meanings overlap in sometimes confusing ways, but there is consensus that the postponement or containment of disability is a necessary but insufficient precondition of healthy ageing and the optimization of well-being in later life. Psychological factors like self-efficacy and sense of coherence also seem necessary for healthy ageing, but may be difficult to work with for many clinicians trained in a more medical model of healthy ageing. Primary promotion of healthy ageing through the avoidance of disability has had some success, especially through its impact on cardiovascular disease, but we have much to learn about influencing diet and physical activity across the life course for well-being in later life.

Social well-being and standard of living as subjective and objective indicators of population's life quality. The relation between the level of happiness and the quality of life of the population

2020 ◽  
pp. 37-48
Author(s):  
Olga Vasilieva
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Life Quality ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Standard Of Living ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Social Actor ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Objective Indicators

The article is devoted to the issue of sociological measurement of the quality of life of the population. It is argued that the key criteria for the quality of life of the population in the modern world are precisely non-economic indicators - such as subjective well-being, level of happiness, and social mood. The article provides evidence of the need for a subjective way of measuring the quality of life, which allows us to assess the living conditions of people through the prism of their real needs. The article clarifies the definition of quality of life: quality of life is an integrative or complex characteristic of the existence of the population, which can be measured by objective indicators of its standard of living or subjective assessments by members of society of the degree of satisfaction of their own needs. The analysis of the different ways of assessing the quality of life the author comes to the conclusion that the result of an objective method of measuring quality of life is the standard of living of the population, and the result of the subjective method of measuring quality of life - social well-being (subjective well-being, life satisfaction). The author insists that mixing subjective and objective indicators when constructing averaging quality of life indices is inappropriate, since in this case there is a risk of getting an irrelevant average. The conclusion is argued that it is advisable to make objective and subjective types of measurement of quality of life separately from each other, while comparing them with each other. The key input is formulated: the quality of life of a social actor through the prism of the sociological dimension is a measurement of social well - being (subjective well-being, or life satisfaction), and the position of a social actor in society through the prism of the sociological dimension is a social mood. At the same time, the phenomenon of social mood is represented by a synthesis of its static and dynamic components, the first of which represents social well - being, the second-orientation to value experiences and the corresponding readiness to act in a certain way. It is argued that the phenomenon that most generally characterizes the happiness system of an individual or group social subject (actor) is social mood. The definition of the concept of social mood is formulated as a General indicator of the position of a social actor in social reality, according to which social mood is a complex emotional and rational characteristic of an individual or group social actor characteristic of a certain period of time, determined by various aspects of the activity of this actor and determining its practical activity.

scholarly journals Child’s attachment to mother as a predictor of psychological well-being in primary school age

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (7) ◽  
pp. 122-146
Author(s):  
E. V. Kuftyak ◽  
O. V. Magdenko ◽  
Ju. A. Zadorova
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Life Quality ◽  
Well Being ◽  
School Age Children ◽  
School Age ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
School Aged Children ◽  
Primary School Age

Introduction. The attachment is viewed as the base for assessment of individual adaptation variation throughout life. In the capacity of the core indicator of the person’s unison with external environment, the psychological well-being combines the different aspects of child life. The assessment of the psychological well-being is based on three indicators: evidence of life satisfaction; life quality assessment; difficulty levels of external and internal spectrum.The aim of the current publication is to investigate the influence of features of attachment to mother on psychological well-being of primary school-age children.Methodology and research methods. The methodological research framework was based on the main provisions of the attachment theory (J. Bowlby, M. Ainsworth). “Mother-Child Attachment Style Measure Questionnaire” method (Pupyreva, 2007) was employed to identify attachment features. The measure of psychological well-being was carried out by means of “Student’s Life Satisfaction Scale” (Toporkova, Slobodskaya et al., 2015), “Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory” and “Strength and Difficulties Questionnaire” (Goodman, Slobodskaya, Knyazev, 2005) methods. 178 primary school-age children (85 boys and 93 girls) aged 10 to 11 (mean age = 10.2) participated in the research.Results. The analysis of the results showed that secure attachment among children reduces life satisfaction, facilitates the behavioural disorders and psycho-emotional reactions, impacts on limitation of social contacts and life quality. Using the regression analysis, it was revealed that the quality of the correlation between attachment indicators and psychological well-being vary depending on degree of attachment security. It is demonstrated that maternal responsiveness and attentiveness is an absolute predictor of life satisfaction, physical and social well-being and life quality in the primary school-age period, irrespective of the child’s attachment types. The absence of mother-child closeness is the predictor for disruption of physical, emotional and social functioning, low level of life quality in insecure attachment in primary school-aged children.Scientific novelty. The specificity of psychological well-being of primary school-aged children with different types of attachment to their mother is determined. It is shown for the first time that characteristics of attachment are the predictors of life satisfaction, quality of life, and mental health of primary school-aged children.Practical significance. By identifying different regression models for the description of psychological well-being on the basis of child-mother attachment indicators, it may be possible to provide interventions to improve psychological well-being based on the characteristics of attachment.

scholarly journals The relationship between the level of physical activity, independence in daily activities, and life quality and satisfaction in women over 80 living in rural areas - a pilot study

2020 ◽  
pp. 171-180
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Physical Health ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Life Quality ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Strong Positive Correlation ◽  
Functional Fitness

Background. Better medicine and health care steadily increases the human life expectancy. Growing number of elderly people and the imbalance of population structure will affect many fields of life, including social security system, joborientation and culture. Therefore it is crucial that the elderly maintain not only good physical health but keep the ability to self-care as long as possible, stay functionally fit and express satisfaction of life in all domains. Objective. This study aims to analyse the factors that affect the quality of life in different domains (physical, psychological, social and environmental), like the independence in performing everyday life activities and the level of physical activity of women above 80 years old, living in own households. Materials and methods. The study was performed from March to August 2015 in Opole, Lower Silesia and Silesia voivodeship, mosty in rural areas, on 67 women, age above 80 (average 82.9), who filled the standarized questionnaires of life quality (WHOQOL-BREF), physical activity (IPAQ), and self-maintenance in daily living (IADL, Lawton scale). Results. The results show that the life satisfaction of women above 80 years old living in own households in rural areas is highest in the social and environmental domains, while is the lowest in physical health domain. There is a strong positive correlation between the level of physical activity, the level of self-maintenance and the life quality in four of its domains. Conclusions. Self-maintenance and higher level of physical fitness, which are the components of functional fitness, positively correlate with self-assesed life-satisfaction in all domains. It is crucial to stress the importance of physical activity in seniors, preferably in way of dedicated exercising of moderate and high intensity, that will bring benefits not only in domain of physical health but in overall well-being and higher life-satisfaction, the significant factors in healthy ageing.

Different Future Time Perspectives Interplay in Predicting Life Satisfaction

GeroPsych ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 103-113 ◽  
Author(s):  
Minjie Lu ◽  
Angel Y. Li ◽  
Helene H. Fung ◽  
Klaus Rothermund ◽  
Frieder R. Lang
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Time Perspective ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Future Time Perspective ◽  
Hong Kong Chinese ◽  
Future Time ◽  
Time Perspectives ◽  
Time Extension ◽  
Future Self ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract. This study addresses prior mixed findings on the relationship between future time perspective (FTP) and well-being as well as examines the associations between three aspects of FTP and life satisfaction in the health and friendship domains. 159 Germans, 97 US Americans, and 240 Hong Kong Chinese, aged 19–86 years, completed a survey on future self-views (valence) and life satisfaction. They also reported the extent to which they perceived future time as expanded vs. limited (time extension) and meaningful (openness). Findings revealed that individuals with more positive future self-views had higher satisfaction. However, those who perceived their future as more meaningful or perceived more time in their future reported higher satisfaction even when future self-views were less positive.

Well-being and life satisfaction: Associations observed in an employed population

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nico P. Pronk ◽  
Marcia Lowry ◽  
Abigail S. Katz ◽  
Thomas E. Kottke
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Well Being
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