The Role of Optimism on the Relationship Between Activity Limitations and Life Satisfaction Among Middle-Aged and Older Adults in the United States: A Growth Curve Model of Changes Over Time-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

The Role of Optimism on the Relationship Between Activity Limitations and Life Satisfaction Among Middle-Aged and Older Adults in the United States: A Growth Curve Model of Changes Over Time

Published:2021-12-06 Issue: Volume: Page:073346482110566
ISSN:0733-4648
Container-title:Journal of Applied Gerontology
language:en
Short-container-title:J Appl Gerontol

Author:

Cheng Kent Jason Go¹^ORCID,McMaughan Darcy Jones (DJ)²^ORCID,Smith Matthew Lee³⁴^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Social Science Department, Maxwell School of Citizenship, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, USA

2. Health Education and Promotion, School of Community Health Sciences, Counseling, and Counseling Psychology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, USA

3. Center for Population Health and Aging, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

4. Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, School of Public Health, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

Abstract

Activity limitations can diminish life satisfaction. This study explored the role of optimism on the relationship between changes in activities of daily living and instrumental activities of daily living (ADL/IADL) limitations and life satisfaction over time among middle-aged and older adults. Growth curve modeling accounting for intra- and inter-individual changes in life satisfaction was applied to the 2008–2018 waves of the Health and Retirement Study Leave Behind Survey subsample ( n = 39,122 person-years). After controlling for sociodemographic factors, physical functioning decline adversely affected life satisfaction ( βADL = −0.12, βIADL = −0.13, p < 0.001), but the negative consequences reduced slightly through optimism ( βADL = −0.11, βIADL = −0.12, βoptimism = 0.47, p < 0.001). Increasing optimism could reduce the negative consequences of ADL/IADL limitations on life satisfaction among middle-aged to older adults.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Geriatrics and Gerontology,Gerontology

Link

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/07334648211056638

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