Journal
CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY
Volume 40, Issue 2, Pages 973-982Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s12144-018-0019-0
Keywords
Empty nesters; Social support; Loneliness; Life satisfaction
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- China Postdoctoral Science Foundation [2018 M632285]
- Postdoctoral Research Funding Program of Jiangsu Province [1701078C]
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This study finds that loneliness plays both a mediating and moderating role in the link between social support and life satisfaction among empty nesters, providing important insights into a more comprehensive understanding of the mental health of empty nesters.
This study investigates the mediating and moderating effects of loneliness on the link between social support and life satisfaction among empty nesters. The data are collected from 1424 empty nesters (973 males and 451 females) from 16 randomly selected rural villages in western China. Pearson correlations suggest that social support is significantly correlated with life satisfaction. More importantly, a mediational analysis indicates that loneliness partly mediated the relationship between social support and life satisfaction. Additionally, hierarchical regression analysis for testing the moderating effect shows that loneliness also serves as a moderator in the relationship between social support and life satisfaction. These findings provide a more comprehensive understanding of overall mental health among empty nesters.
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