Psychosocial Determinants of Quality of Life and Active Aging. A Structural Equation Model
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Methods
2.1. Participants
2.2. Latent Variables. Description of Tasks Related
2.3. Procedure
2.4. Structural Analysis
3. Results
- The accessibility of social resources varied negatively with depression (−0.42) and positively with explicit memory (0.26). A person with good availability of social resources could reduce depression and improve explicit memory.
- The latent variables of social resources, depression, and explicit memory directly influenced the perception of quality of life, with a negative value for depression (−0.65) and a positive value for social resources (0.20) and explicit memory (0.12).
- The latent variable perception of quality of life is represented by two objective variables which mean “feel satisfaction in life” (0.89) and “have a good perception about health” (−0.65) (note that a lower score in the Nottingham Health Profile implies a better perception of health, due to the negative estimate value).
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Variables in Model | ||
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Latent Variable | Reliability | Extracted Variance |
Depression | 1 | 1 |
Explicit memory | 0.71 | 0.53 |
Perceived quality of life | 0.75 | 0.60 |
Social resources | 1 | 1 |
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León, L.P.d.; Mangin, J.P.L.; Ballesteros, S. Psychosocial Determinants of Quality of Life and Active Aging. A Structural Equation Model. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17, 6023. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17176023
León LPd, Mangin JPL, Ballesteros S. Psychosocial Determinants of Quality of Life and Active Aging. A Structural Equation Model. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020; 17(17):6023. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17176023
Chicago/Turabian StyleLeón, Laura Ponce de, Jean Pierre Lévy Mangin, and Soledad Ballesteros. 2020. "Psychosocial Determinants of Quality of Life and Active Aging. A Structural Equation Model" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 17: 6023. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17176023
APA StyleLeón, L. P. d., Mangin, J. P. L., & Ballesteros, S. (2020). Psychosocial Determinants of Quality of Life and Active Aging. A Structural Equation Model. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(17), 6023. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17176023