Life satisfaction and psychological well-being of older adults with cancer experience: The role of optimism and volunteering
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F61989592%3A15510%2F16%3A73586361" target="_blank" >RIV/61989592:15510/16:73586361 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0091415016652406" target="_blank" >https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0091415016652406</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0091415016652406" target="_blank" >10.1177/0091415016652406</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Life satisfaction and psychological well-being of older adults with cancer experience: The role of optimism and volunteering
Original language description
Promoting health and well-being among individuals of advancing age is a significant issue due to increased incidence of cancer among older adults. This study demonstrates the benefits of expecting positive outcomes and participating in volunteer activities among older adults with cancer. We used a nationally representative sample of 2,670 individuals who have experienced cancer from the 2008 wave of the Health and Retirement Study. We constructed a structural equation model to explore the associations of optimism, volunteerism, life satisfaction, and psychological well-being. The level of optimism was a significant predictor of volunteerism, which in turn affected life satisfaction and psychological well-being. The level of engagement in volunteer activities was found to have significant path coefficients toward both life satisfaction and psychological well-being. Our study provides evidence that older adults who have experienced cancer and maintained a positive outlook on their lives and engaged in personally meaningful activities tended to experience psychological well-being and life satisfaction.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50902 - Social sciences, interdisciplinary
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2016
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF AGING & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
ISSN
0091-4150
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
2016
Issue of the periodical within the volume
83(3)
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
16
Pages from-to
274-289
UT code for WoS article
000383018000004
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85009513513