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Social support and problem-solving coping as moderators of the relation between stress and life satisfaction
Description
Numerous psychosocial and health factors contribute to perceived stress, social support, and problem-solving coping relating to overall well-being and life satisfaction in older adults. The effect of social support and problem-solving coping, however, remains largely untested as potential moderators. The present study was conducted to test whether social support and problem- solving coping would moderate the relation between perceived stress and life satisfaction in older adults. First, I anticipated that stress will be negatively related to life satisfaction at low levels of social support, while at high social support; stress will be unrelated to life satisfaction. Second, I expected that with low problem- solving coping, stress will be negatively related to life satisfaction, whereas, at levels of high problem- solving coping, stress will be unrelated to life satisfaction. Using an experimental survey and interview design with hierarchical regression analyses, I found no support that social support would moderate the relation between stress and life satisfaction. I found support that problem-solving coping moderated the relation between stress and life satisfaction. For individuals who engage in higher levels of problem- solving coping, higher levels of stress predicted lower levels of life satisfaction. On the other hand, at lower levels of problem-solving coping, more stress predicted lower levels of life satisfaction.
Date Created
2017
Contributors
- Kaur, Gurjot (Author)
- Miller, Paul A. (Thesis advisor)
- Hall, Deborah L. (Committee member)
- Roberts, Nicole A. (Committee member)
- Arizona State University (Publisher)
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Resource Type
Extent
vi, 40 pages : illustrations
Language
Copyright Statement
In Copyright
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Peer-reviewed
No
Open Access
No
Handle
https://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.45551
Statement of Responsibility
by Gurjot Kaur
Description Source
Viewed on January 30, 2018
Level of coding
full
Note
Partial requirement for: M.S., Arizona State University, 2017
Note type
thesis
Includes bibliographical references (pages 23-26)
Note type
bibliography
Field of study: Psychology
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- 2021-08-26 09:47:01
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