Life satisfaction and psychological well-being of older adults with cancer experience: The role of optimism and volunteering

Kód výsledku v 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>

Výsledek na webu

<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>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Life satisfaction and psychological well-being of older adults with cancer experience: The role of optimism and volunteering

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

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.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Life satisfaction and psychological well-being of older adults with cancer experience: The role of optimism and volunteering

Popis výsledku anglicky

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.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50902 - Social sciences, interdisciplinary

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2016

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF AGING &amp; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

ISSN

0091-4150

e-ISSN

—

Svazek periodika

2016

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

83(3)

Stát vydavatele periodika

US - Spojené státy americké

Počet stran výsledku

16

Strana od-do

274-289

Kód UT WoS článku

000383018000004

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85009513513