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Lehtinen, Ville; Sohlman, Britta; Kovess-Masfety, Viviane

doi:10.1186/1745-0179-1-9

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“…Some studies of older people suggest a decline in life satisfaction and quality of life after age 65 or 70 (Netuveli et al, 2006;Ploubidis & Grundy, 2009); others find little variation with age after control for factors such as health, marital status, and income (Larson, 1978). Studies of national differences show that within Europe the populations of the Nordic countries report the highest levels of happiness and those in East European countries the lowest (Djankov, Nikolovab, & Zilinskyc, 2016;Lehtinen, Sohlman, & Kovess-Masfety, 2005;Ploubidis & Grundy, 2009). Steptoe et al (2015) analysed data from the 2006-2010 rounds of Gallup's World Poll and found notable differences between world regions in associations between age and various aspects of subjective well-being.…”

Section: Other Correlates Of Subjective Well-being Among Older Peoplementioning

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Coresidence with a child and happiness among older widows in Europe: Does gender of the child matter?

Grundy

Murphy

2017

Population Space and Place

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Both coresidence patterns and the reported well‐being of older people vary widely across Europe for a variety of economic, cultural, and historical factors. We investigate how far 2 indicators of well‐being, happiness and life satisfaction, vary according to whether or not older women live with their children and, in particular, with son(s) or daughter(s). We compare outcomes for women who are unpartnered widows, the great majority of whom will have had children, so those with and without coresident children may be compared. We use data for 34 countries in Europe by combining 7 waves of the European Social Survey for the period 2002–2014 (N = 18,500). We control for a range of other variables known to be associated with well‐being including health status, socioeconomic position, and social support. Results show that widows living with a child were happier than those living without a child (generally alone) but that in Eastern and Southern Europe it was only living with a daughter that had this positive effect. Older age was associated with higher levels of happiness and life satisfaction. Other associations, and regional differences, were as expected with lower levels of happiness in Eastern Europe and for those with poorer health and fewer social resources. These findings indicate the important influence of contextual factors on associations between living arrangements and the well‐being of older people and a need for further work on possible negative impacts of living alone on the well‐being of older Europeans.

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Section: Other Correlates Of Subjective Well-being Among Older Peoplementioning

confidence: 99%

Coresidence with a child and happiness among older widows in Europe: Does gender of the child matter?

Grundy

Murphy

2017

Population Space and Place

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“…Firstly, these instruments have been mainly developed and validated in Western populations and challenges with validity and appropriateness of adopting such measures across varied cultures have been reported [12,13]. Secondly the content of these measures relies either on literature, item reduction using item pool and expert panels [7,8,10,14], although it is generally recommended that the content of self-reported measures of well-being and quality of life be developed in the end-user [15,16]. In addition, most of the instruments either study a particular domain in greater detail using a lengthy questionnaire or are too short to provide meaningful comparisons and detection of change across different domains.…”

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The positive mental health instrument: development and validation of a culturally relevant scale in a multi-ethnic asian population

Vaingankar

Subramaniam

Chong

et al. 2011

Health Qual Life Outcomes

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BackgroundInstruments to measure mental health and well-being are largely developed and often used within Western populations and this compromises their validity in other cultures. A previous qualitative study in Singapore demonstrated the relevance of spiritual and religious practices to mental health, a dimension currently not included in exiting multi-dimensional measures. The objective of this study was to develop a self-administered measure that covers all key and culturally appropriate domains of mental health, which can be applied to compare levels of mental health across different age, gender and ethnic groups. We present the item reduction and validation of the Positive Mental Health (PMH) instrument in a community-based adult sample in Singapore.MethodsSurveys were conducted among adult (21-65 years) residents belonging to Chinese, Malay and Indian ethnicities. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis (EFA, CFA) were conducted and items were reduced using item response theory tests (IRT). The final version of the PMH instrument was tested for internal consistency and criterion validity. Items were tested for differential item functioning (DIF) to check if items functioned in the same way across all subgroups. Results: EFA and CFA identified six first-order factor structure (General coping, Personal growth and autonomy, Spirituality, Interpersonal skills, Emotional support, and Global affect) under one higher-order dimension of Positive Mental Health (RMSEA = 0.05, CFI = 0.96, TLI = 0.96). A 47-item self-administered multi-dimensional instrument with a six-point Likert response scale was constructed. The slope estimates and strength of the relation to the theta for all items in each six PMH subscales were high (range:1.39 to 5.69), suggesting good discrimination properties. The threshold estimates for the instrument ranged from -3.45 to 1.61 indicating that the instrument covers entire spectrums for the six dimensions. The instrument demonstrated high internal consistency and had significant and expected correlations with other well-being measures. Results confirmed absence of DIF.ConclusionsThe PMH instrument is a reliable and valid instrument that can be used to measure and compare level of mental health across different age, gender and ethnic groups in Singapore.

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“…Positive mental health assessment in the European Union (2005) was low in Italy, Portugal, France, and Sweden, while it was moderate to high in Germany, Spain, and Netherlands [8]. The results indicate that positive mental health status needs more attention in many countries.…”

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Positive Mental Health Three Years After East Azerbaijan Earthquake: A Comparative Study

Rafiey

Alipour

Salimi

et al. 2017

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Background:Positive mental health is one of the important health concepts, which generally evaluates people's emotional, psychological, and social well-being. The current study aimed at investigating positive mental health status in East Azerbaijan earthquake survivors. Materials and Methods:In this study, a sample of 600 rural adult survivors of East Azerbaijan earthquake were selected by multistage sampling method. Data were collected using positive mental health questionnaire and demographic checklists through face-to-face interview. To analyze data, different statistical tests, including t test were used.Results: Findings of the current study showed no significant difference between the mean scores of positive mental health and its social subscales in the studied villages. However, the mean scores of emotional well-being subscale in slightly damaged villages and mean scores of psychological well-being subscale in severely damaged villages were higher and significant (P < 0.05). Conclusion:Attention to long-term mental and social outcomes is the missing link of health studies in incidents and disasters, which must be considered to recover and enhance mental and social health of survivors of natural disasters at the earliest time after the incidents.

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Cited by 62 publications

References 15 publications

Coresidence with a child and happiness among older widows in Europe: Does gender of the child matter?

Coresidence with a child and happiness among older widows in Europe: Does gender of the child matter?

The positive mental health instrument: development and validation of a culturally relevant scale in a multi-ethnic asian population

Positive Mental Health Three Years After East Azerbaijan Earthquake: A Comparative Study

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