Attitudes to Aging Mediates the Relationship between Older Adults’ Family Environment and Quality of Life

Abstract

Abstract: With ever-increasing aging population in China, it is imperative to build knowledge of the influential factors of life quality among older adults. Based on our literature review, we aimed to explore the relationship between family environment, attitude to aging and quality of life among Chinese aged adults. A questionnaire survey was conducted on 700 randomly selected elderly people using the Family Environment Scale, Attitudes to Aging Questionnaire, and Quality of Life for Older Adults Questionnaire. The results showed that all three attitudes to aging partly mediated the relationship between family environment and quality of life. Attitudes to physical change were the strongest mediator of family environment and quality of life, followed by psychosocial growth and psychosocial loss. In conclusion, family environment may be a modifiable external resource to promote attitudes to aging among older adults, and also enhance quality of life.

Key words: family environment, attitudes to aging, quality of life, older adults

摘要： 采用家庭环境量表、老化态度问卷和自编的老年人生活质量问卷调查了700名老年人，以考察家庭环境、老化态度和生活质量之间的关系。结果发现：（1）家庭环境中的亲密性和娱乐性正向预测生活质量。（2）家庭环境中的亲密性和娱乐性还通过老化态度的三条路径影响老年人生活质量：通过生理变化的中介作用；通过心理获得的中介作用；通过心理社会丧失的中介作用。其中，生理变化的中介作用最大，其次是心理获得和社会心理丧失。研究结果揭示了家庭环境对老年人生活质量的作用机制，能为提升老年人的生活质量提供理论指导。

关键词: 家庭环境, 老化态度, 生活质量, 老年人

CLC Number:

B844.4

WU Jianqian, CHAO Qiuling, CHEN Yuan. Attitudes to Aging Mediates the Relationship between Older Adults’ Family Environment and Quality of Life[J]. Studies of Psychology and Behavior, 2019, 17(2): 223-228.

武剑倩, 钞秋玲, 陈媛. 家庭环境对老年人生活质量的影响：老化态度的中介作用[J]. 心理与行为研究, 2019, 17(2): 223-228.

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