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1. Living arrangement and life satisfaction in older Malaysians: the mediating role of social support function.

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Hadi Kooshiar, Nurizan Yahaya, Tengku Aizan Hamid, Asnarulkhadi Abu Samah, and Vajiheh Sedaghat Jou

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Medicine, Science
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This cross-sectional and correlational survey examines the association between different types of living arrangements and life satisfaction in older Malaysians, while taking into account the mediating effects of social support function.A total of 1880 of older adults were selected by multistage stratified sampling. Life satisfaction and social support were measured with the Philadelphia Geriatric Center Morale Scale and Medical Outcomes Study Social Support Survey. The result shows living with children as the commonest type of living arrangement for older adults in peninsular Malaysia. Compared to living alone, living only with a spouse especially and then co-residency with children were both associated with better life satisfaction (p

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2012
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2. Living arrangement and life satisfaction in older Malaysians: the mediating role of social support function

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Nurizan Yahaya, Tengku Aizan Hamid, Hadi Kooshiar, Vajiheh Sedaghat Jou, and Asnarulkhadi Abu Samah

Subjects
Gerontology, Male, Social psychology (sociology), Aging, Anatomy and Physiology, Non-Clinical Medicine, Epidemiology, lcsh:Medicine, Personal Satisfaction, Social and Behavioral Sciences, Sociology, Residence Characteristics, Function (engineering), lcsh:Science, media_common, Geriatrics, Multidisciplinary, Social Research, Age Factors, Epidemiology of Aging, Middle Aged, Stratified sampling, Social Networks, Spouse, Medicine, Female, Psychology, Research Article, medicine.medical_specialty, Clinical Research Design, media_common.quotation_subject, Social support, Interpersonal relationship, Sex Factors, medicine, Humans, Biology, Aged, Elderly Care, Analysis of Variance, Health Care Policy, Population Biology, lcsh:R, Malaysia, Life satisfaction, Social Support, Cross-Sectional Studies, Survey Methods, Socioeconomic Factors, Quality of Life, lcsh:Q, Factor Analysis, Statistical, Physiological Processes
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Background This cross-sectional and correlational survey examines the association between different types of living arrangements and life satisfaction in older Malaysians, while taking into account the mediating effects of social support function. Methodology and Findings A total of 1880 of older adults were selected by multistage stratified sampling. Life satisfaction and social support were measured with the Philadelphia Geriatric Center Morale Scale and Medical Outcomes Study Social Support Survey. The result shows living with children as the commonest type of living arrangement for older adults in peninsular Malaysia. Compared to living alone, living only with a spouse especially and then co-residency with children were both associated with better life satisfaction (p

Published
2012

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