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dc.contributor.authorLi, Yawen
dc.contributor.authorXu, Ling
dc.contributor.authorMin, Joohong
dc.contributor.authorChi, Iris
dc.contributor.authorXie, Bin
dc.date.accessioned2017-03-02T20:00:49Z
dc.date.available2017-03-02T20:00:49Z
dc.date.issued2016-10-14
dc.identifier.citationPublished in The Journal of Gerontology and Geriatric Research 5(5): 1-6, 2016en_US
dc.identifier.issn2167-7182
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10106/26481
dc.description.abstractAim: Little is known about how widowed older adults in China adjust during widowhood. This paper examines the relationship between their changes in social participation following spousal loss and their reported life satisfaction. Methods: Using two-wave (2000 and 2006) national representative data from China, we regressed measures of widowhood status, changes of social participation, health function, financial strain as well as living arrangement on life satisfaction after adjusting for baseline life satisfaction and other sociodemographic variables. Results: Increased social participation was related to higher levels of life satisfaction. This study did not find evidence that individuals who experienced widowhood would benefit more compared to those remained married from increasing social participation after spousal loss. Conclusions: Social participation is one way older adults can potentially improve life satisfaction. In addition to focusing on family support during widowhood, practitioners could consider developing appropriate social activities to engage older adults with particular consideration of those remained widowed for long.
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherOMICSen_US
dc.rightsAttribution 3.0 United States*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/*
dc.subjectSocial participationen_US
dc.subjectLife satisfactionen_US
dc.subjectWidowhooden_US
dc.titleSocial Participation and Life Satisfaction Among Widowed Older Adults in Chinaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.publisher.departmentSchool of Social Work, The University of Texas at Arlingtonen_US
dc.identifier.externalLinkDescriptionThe original publication is available at Article DOIen_US
dc.identifier.doidoi:10.4172/2167-7182.1000353


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