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dc.contributor.authorChan, Stephen Cheong Yuen_US
dc.contributor.otherAu, A.-
dc.contributor.otherYip, H. M.-
dc.contributor.otherLai, S. M. K.-
dc.date.accessioned2023-06-02T07:26:35Z-
dc.date.available2023-06-02T07:26:35Z-
dc.date.issued2019-
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.cihe.edu.hk/jspui/handle/cihe/3875-
dc.description.abstractGreater subjective well-being has long been found to be correlated with aged adults, and it increases when one possesses greater social capital, specifically with higher social participation rates as well as wider social networks. Theoretically, frequent social participation results in the likelihood of an increased number of connections, which promotes greater availability of social support and social cohesion on one's positive well-being. Yet, prolonged evidence claimed there are differences between young-old and old-old, particularly in terms of their health and socioeconomic status. This study explores the serial mediating effects of social network size and social support in the association between social participation and life satisfaction. It is hypothesized that there would be different mechanisms, specifically the indirect effects of social network size and social support, on the effects of social participation to life satisfaction among young-old and old-old. Young-old (n = 412) and old-old (n = 307) completed a set of questionnaires that included measures of frequency of social activities, structural and functional social support, Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS), and sociodemographic variables. Bootstrapped mediation analyses with 10,000 repetitions were conducted. After controlling the sociodemographic variables, bootstrapped serial mediation analyses showed that the association of social participation and life satisfaction is serially partially mediated by structural and functional social support among the young-old. However, full mediation by these two variables was found among the old-old. Findings suggested that functional social support provided essential contribution to the association between social participation and life satisfaction. It implied that the perceived quality of social relationships was of paramount importance to aged adults, especially to the old-old.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherCommon Ground Research Networksen_US
dc.relation.ispartofThe Journal of Aging and Social Changeen_US
dc.titleSocial participation and life satisfaction: The differential mediating effects of social network size and social support among young-old and old-olden_US
dc.typejournal articleen_US
dc.identifier.doi10.18848/2576-5310/CGP/v09i02/33-49-
dc.contributor.affiliationFelizberta Lo Padilla Tong School of Social Sciencesen_US
dc.relation.issn2576-5329en_US
dc.description.volume9en_US
dc.description.issue2en_US
dc.description.startpage33en_US
dc.description.endpage49en_US
dc.cihe.affiliatedNo-
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item.languageiso639-1en-
crisitem.author.deptFelizberta Lo Padilla Tong School of Social Sciences-
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