Relationship between subjective well-being and healthy lifestyle behaviours in older adults: a longitudinal study
Year: 2018
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Objectives: People who report better subjective well-being tend to be healthier in their daily behaviours. The objective of this study is to assess whether different components of subjective well-being are prospectively associated with different healthy lifestyle behaviours and to assess whether these associations differ by age.Method: A total of 1,892 participants aged 50+ living in Spain were interviewed in 2011–12 and 2014–15. Life satisfaction was measured with the Cantril Self-Anchoring Striving Scale. Positive and negative affect were assessed using the Day Reconstruction Method. Physical activity was assessed with the Global Physical Activity Questionnaire version 2. The remaining healthy lifestyle behaviours were self-reported. Generalised Estimating Equations (GEE) models were run.Results: Not having a heavy episodic alcohol drinking was the healthy lifestyle behaviour most fulfilled (97.97%), whereas the intake of five or more fruits and vegetables was the least followed (33.12%). GEE models conducted over the 50–64 and the 65+ age groups showed that a higher life satisfaction was significantly related to a higher physical activity in both groups. Relationships between a higher negative affect and presenting a lower level of physical activity, and a higher positive affect and following the right consumption of fruits and vegetables and being a non-daily smoker, were only found in the older group.Conclusion: The relationship between subjective well-being and healthy lifestyle behaviours was found fundamentally in those aged 65+ years. Interventions focused on incrementing subjective well-being would have an impact on keeping a healthy lifestyle and, therefore, on reducing morbidity and mortality.
Source: Aging & Mental Health
Institutions: Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental, Hospital Universitario de La Princesa, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Hospital Universitario de La Princesa, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Epidemiología y Salud Pública, Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Déu, Universitat de Barcelona
Language: English
Subfield: Social Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
Awards: G1075404386, G1325598336, G1343339704, G1552314173, G177484282, G1778837627, Ageing Trajectories of Health: Longitudinal Opportunities and Synergies, G265847165, G2685807912, G3207356259, G3898797437, G393177772, G434337789, G496129201, G5702163051, G6815242536, Depresión, bienestar subjetivo, salud y mortalidad: Un estudio longitudinal en población general, COURAGE in Europe - COllaborative Research on AGEing in Europe, G7570851480, G7644629244, TRAYECTORIAS DE SALUD MENTAL, SALUD FISICA Y FUNCIONAMIENTO: TERCERA EVALUACION DE UNA COHORTE POBLACIONAL ESPAÑOLA DE POBLACION ADULTA, G8262453946, TRAYECTORIAS DE SALUD MENTAL, FISICA Y FUNCIONAMIENTO: EVALUACION DE UNA COHORTE ESPAÑOLA POBLACIONAL ADULTA, G8321444119, G8480260178, G8583499741, G8798067428
OpenAlex ID: W2907269646