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Lara R, Vázquez ML, Ogallar A, et al. Optimism and social support moderate the indirect relationship between self-efficacy and happiness through mental health in the elderly. Health Psychol Open. 2020;7(2):2055102920947905doi: 10.1177/2055102920947905.
Lara, R., Vázquez, M. L., Ogallar, A., & Godoy-Izquierdo, D. (2020). Optimism and social support moderate the indirect relationship between self-efficacy and happiness through mental health in the elderly. Health psychology open, 7(2), 2055102920947905. https://doi.org/10.1177/2055102920947905
Lara, Raquel, et al. "Optimism and social support moderate the indirect relationship between self-efficacy and happiness through mental health in the elderly." Health psychology open vol. 7,2 (2020): 2055102920947905. doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/2055102920947905
Lara R, Vázquez ML, Ogallar A, Godoy-Izquierdo D. Optimism and social support moderate the indirect relationship between self-efficacy and happiness through mental health in the elderly. Health Psychol Open. 2020 Sep 11;7(2):2055102920947905. doi: 10.1177/2055102920947905. eCollection 2020. PMID: 32963798; PMCID: PMC7488902.
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Health Psychol Open. 2020 Sep 11;7(2):2055102920947905. doi: 10.1177/2055102920947905. eCollection 2020.

Optimism and social support moderate the indirect relationship between self-efficacy and happiness through mental health in the elderly.

Health psychology open

Raquel Lara, Mª Luisa Vázquez, Adelaida Ogallar, Débora Godoy-Izquierdo

Affiliations

  1. Universidad de Granada, España.
  2. Universidad de Jaén, España.

PMID: 32963798 PMCID: PMC7488902 DOI: 10.1177/2055102920947905

Abstract

We examined the role of self-efficacy, social support, optimism, and mental health in the prediction of happiness in the elderly. Moderated mediation analyses confirmed a full mediation in which self-efficacy, through perceived mental health and moderated by social support, predicts happiness moderated, in turn, by optimism. When an elder is self-efficacious, his or her mental well-being seems more likely to be improved and translated into enhanced happiness when social support and optimism are moderate to high. We provide preliminary results on the interplay of these psychosocial resources in improving subjective well-being that may help in designing tailored interventions for promoting happiness in late adulthood.

© The Author(s) 2020.

Keywords: elderly; happiness; moderated mediation; psychosocial resources; subjective well-being

Conflict of interest statement

Declaration of conflicting interests: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

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