La predicción de la satisfacción con la vida en personas mayores de Angola: el efecto moderador del género

• Autores: Melchor Gutiérrez Sanmartín, Laura Galiana Llinares, Jose Manuel Tomás Miguel, Patricia Sancho Requena, Enrique Sanchís
• Localización: Psychosocial Intervention, ISSN 1132-0559, Vol. 23, Nº. 1, 2014, págs. 17-23
• Idioma: español
• DOI: 10.5093/in2014a2
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  • español

    Existe abundante investigación que ha estudiado la satisfacción vital en personas mayores y ha encontrado evidencia empírica de sus mejores predictores. Cuando se estudia la satisfacción con la vida de las personas mayores y sus predictores se hallan diferencias en función del género incluyendo, por ejemplo, las interacciones con la viudedad. En este contexto, el presente estudio se ha centrado en los siguientes objetivos: (1) poner a prueba la invarianza en función del género de una medida de satisfacción con la vida, (2) predecir la satisfacción vital usando varias variables relacionadas con el proceso de envejecimiento y (3) poner a prueba el potencial efecto moderador del género en esta predicción. La muestra estaba compuesta por 1003 personas mayores angoleñas. Se probaron varios modelos estructurales MIMIC multi-grupo (hombres vs.

    mujeres). Por un lado, los resultados mostraron que existe invarianza en función del género para la medida de satisfacción vital. Por otro lado, no se encontró efecto de moderación en las variables relacionadas con el proceso de envejecimiento. En otras palabras, los efectos estimados de las variables psicosociales en la satisfacción con la vida son los mismos en ambos géneros. La discusión relaciona estos resultados con la literatura existente y señala las contribuciones de este estudio

  • English

    A considerable amount of research has been done to explain life satisfaction in the elderly, and there is growing empirical evidence on the best predictors of life satisfaction. When studying elderly�s life satisfaction and its predictors, gender differences have been found in several studies, including significant interactions with widowhood, for example. In this context, the present study aims were: (1) to test for the gender invariance in a life satisfaction measure; (2) to predict life satisfaction using several variables related to the aging process; and (3) to test the potential moderator effects due to gender in this prediction.

    Participants were 1003 Angolan elderly. Several multi-group (men vs. women) MIMIC structural models were tested. First, results showed that there is gender invariance for the measurement of life satisfaction.

    Second, results found no moderation effects on key variables of the aging process. In other words, the estimated effects of psychosocial variables on life satisfaction remain the same for both genders. The discussion relates these results to the existing literature and posits the contributions of the study

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