Psychological Development and Education ›› 2016, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (6): 761-768.doi: 10.16187/j.cnki.issn1001-4918.2016.06.15

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Older Adults'Attachment Affects Their Subjective Well-being: The Mediating Role of Loneliness and Self-esteem

ZHANG Xing1, CHEN Xu1, RAN Guangming2, HU Na1, GUO Lei1, CAI Shuguang1, LI Qiangqiang1   

  1. 1. Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China;
    2. Institute of Education, China West Normal University, Nanchong 637002, China
  • Online:2016-11-15 Published:2016-11-15

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Abstract: This study aimed to examine the effect of older adults' attachment on subjective well-being and the mediating role of loneliness and self-esteem with Experiences in Close Relationship Scale (ECR), UCLA Loneliness Scale, Rosenberg Self-esteem Scale and Memorial University of Newfoundland Scale of Happiness (MUNSH). Using a sample of 311 older adults from communities. The results indicated that loneliness partially mediated the effect of attachment anxiety on subjective well-being, loneliness fully mediated the effect of attachment avoidance on subjective well-being self-esteem didn't mediated the effect of attachment anxiety or attachment avoidance on subjective well-being, and loneliness and self-esteem played a chain mediating role between older adults' attachment orientations and subjective well-being.

Key words: older adult, attachment, subjective well-being, loneliness, self-esteem

CLC Number: 

  • B844

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