文献类型：期刊文献

英文题名：Widowhood and Life Satisfaction Among Chinese Elderly Adults: The Influences of Lifestyles and Number of Children

作者：Yang, Caiyun[1];Sun, Xixi[2];Duan, Wenjie[2]

机构：[1]Shanghai Normal Univ, Sch Philosophy & Law & Polit Sci, Shanghai, Peoples R China;[2]East China Univ Sci & Technol, Sch Social & Publ Adm, Shanghai, Peoples R China

年份：2022

卷号：9

外文期刊名：FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH

收录：;WOS:【SSCI(收录号:WOS:000752911300001)，SCI-EXPANDED(收录号:WOS:000752911300001)】；

语种：英文

外文关键词：widowhood status; lifestyle; life satisfaction; number of children; self-regulation theory; moderated mediation

摘要：Our study examined how lifestyle and number of children influence the relationship between widowhood and life satisfaction based on self-regulation theory. A sample of 2,968 elderly respondents (male = 1,515, female = 1,453, mean age = 69.12 years, SD = 7.24) participated in Chinese General Social Survey. Our findings suggest that lifestyle is positively related to life satisfaction, and number of children is positively associated with life satisfaction but negatively related to lifestyle. The moderated mediation model demonstrated that lifestyle partly mediated the relationship between widowhood and life satisfaction. Moreover, number of children moderated the relationship between widowhood and lifestyle and between lifestyle and satisfaction with life. Widowed elderly individuals who have more children are likely to show a higher level of satisfaction with life. The present study has significance in practice because it provides empirical implications obtained from a national survey on the universal two-child policy in China as two children might decrease the negative impacts of widowhood on life satisfaction.