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Article

Validation of an explicative model of the successful aging process with psychological, physical, relational, and leisure variables

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Departamento de Metodología de las Ciencias del Comportamiento. Universitat de València. Av. Blasco Ibáñez, 21. C.P.: 46010, Valencia. (España)
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Universidad de Zaragoza (España)
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Eur. J. Investig. Health Psychol. Educ. 2016, 6(1), 47-56; https://doi.org/10.3390/ejihpe6010005
Submission received: 22 April 2015 / Revised: 31 October 2015 / Accepted: 4 November 2015 / Published: 4 November 2015

Abstract

Increasingly, research on the aging process tends to adopt a dual perspective emic (specific to a culture) and etic (universal), requiring further studies to address this cross-cultural approach. The aim is to obtain an empirical answer to the question of whether a model of successful aging raised from a different context such as the Taiwanese context, is suitable to represent this process in our elders. The sample consisted of 737 elderly. Socio-demographic-data and different scales to assess life satisfaction, leisure, health, and social support were collected. A structural equation model taken from Lee et al. (2011), in which leisure, health and social support predicted life satisfaction, was tested. Results showed a proper fit. In particular, it was observed that, in the context of other factors theoretically influential -health and social support-, this new aspect of how older people manage their leisure time, although explanatory, is not such a determining factor as in the study of reference.
Keywords: Successful aging; health; social support; leisure; life satisfaction; structural equation modeling Successful aging; health; social support; leisure; life satisfaction; structural equation modeling

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Oliver, A.; Gutiér, M.; Tomás, J.M.; Galiana, L.; Sancho, P. Validation of an explicative model of the successful aging process with psychological, physical, relational, and leisure variables. Eur. J. Investig. Health Psychol. Educ. 2016, 6, 47-56. https://doi.org/10.3390/ejihpe6010005

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Oliver A, Gutiér M, Tomás JM, Galiana L, Sancho P. Validation of an explicative model of the successful aging process with psychological, physical, relational, and leisure variables. European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education. 2016; 6(1):47-56. https://doi.org/10.3390/ejihpe6010005

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Oliver, Amparo, Melchor Gutiér, José M. Tomás, Laura Galiana, and Patricia Sancho. 2016. "Validation of an explicative model of the successful aging process with psychological, physical, relational, and leisure variables" European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education 6, no. 1: 47-56. https://doi.org/10.3390/ejihpe6010005

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