The importance of national levels of eudaimonic well-being to life satisfaction in old age: a global study
- 28-08-2018
Gepubliceerd in:
- Auteurs
- Mohsen Joshanloo
- M. Joseph Sirgy
- Joonha Park
- Gepubliceerd in
- Quality of Life Research | Uitgave 12/2018
Abstract
Purpose
The present study sought to test the hypotheses that the relationship between age and life satisfaction is moderated by five societal factors: (1) eudaimonic well-being (i.e., psycho-social functioning), (2) economic quality, (3) healthcare system efficiency, (4) globalization, and (5) national age.
Methods
This study was a cross-sectional analysis based on data from the Gallup World Poll. The sample consisted of 264,123 individuals across 133 countries. Multi-level modeling was used to analyze the data.
Results
The results showed that out of the five moderators, only national levels of eudaimonic well-being robustly moderated the relationship between age and life satisfaction. The relationship between age and life satisfaction was negative in countries with low and moderate levels of eudaimonic well-being, and non-significant in countries with high levels of eudaimonic well-being.
Conclusion
It seems that a non-financial way to maintain higher levels of life satisfaction in aging populations is to enhance eudaimonic well-being. This can be achieved through interventions and policies targeted at individuals, groups, and organizations.
- Titel
- The importance of national levels of eudaimonic well-being to life satisfaction in old age: a global study
- Auteurs
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Mohsen Joshanloo
M. Joseph Sirgy
Joonha Park
- Publicatiedatum
- 28-08-2018
- Uitgeverij
- Springer International Publishing
- Gepubliceerd in
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Quality of Life Research / Uitgave 12/2018
Print ISSN: 0962-9343
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-2649 - DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-018-1977-2
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