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Predicting Well-Being Among the Elderly: The Role of Coping Strategies.

ABSTRACT: Objectives:This study aims to offer a wider view on the role of coping strategies on elderly's well-being by means of literature-based competitive structural equation models (SEMs). Methods:857 older adults were surveyed. Measures included Ryff's scales of Psychological Well-being and the Coping Strategies Questionnaire. Competitive SEMs were tested. Results:In the retained model, the religious coping dimension was removed, and the remaining dimensions were defined by problem- and emotion-focused coping, which explained both psychological and subjective well-being factors (?2(46) = 165.910, p < 0.001; CFI = 0.906; GFI = 0.957; RMSEA = 0.058 [0.048,0.067]). Discussion:Results pointed to the relevance of coping strategies for achieving adequate well-being, with emotion-focused coping strategies being the ones with negative and highest predictive power over the two dimensions of well-being. Interventions aiming at improving old people's well-being should, put their focus on decreasing the use of emotion-coping strategies.

SUBMITTER: Galiana L

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7147488 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Predicting Well-Being Among the Elderly: The Role of Coping Strategies.

Galiana Laura L Tomás José M JM Fernández Irene I Oliver Amparo A

Frontiers in psychology 20200403

<h4>Objectives</h4>This study aims to offer a wider view on the role of coping strategies on elderly's well-being by means of literature-based competitive structural equation models (SEMs).<h4>Methods</h4>857 older adults were surveyed. Measures included Ryff's scales of Psychological Well-being and the Coping Strategies Questionnaire. Competitive SEMs were tested.<h4>Results</h4>In the retained model, the religious coping dimension was removed, and the remaining dimensions were defined by probl ...[more]

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