Psychological Development and Education ›› 2022, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (5): 729-738.doi: 10.16187/j.cnki.issn1001-4918.2022.05.14

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Diversity of Daily Small Groups and Physical Symptoms of Elderly: The Mediating Effect of Group Positive Emotion and Moderating Effect of Psychological Stress

HUANG Xiaoxiao1, ZHANG Baoshan2, YU Guoliang3   

  1. 1. School of Education, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872;
    2. School of Psychology, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an 710061;
    3. Institute of Psychology, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872
  • Published:2022-09-14

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Abstract: Using the method of daily diary, 53 elderly people were recruited to explore the influence and mechanism of the diversity of daily small groups on their physical symptoms. The results showed that:(1) The diversity in daily small groups could negatively predict the physical symptoms of the elderly; (2) At the intra individual level, group positive emotions played a partial mediating role in the relationship between diversity in small groups and physical symptoms of the elderly; (3) Psychological stress could moderate the effect of diversity of daily small groups on daily physical symptoms. The results help to reveal how the diversity of small groups is related to the physical symptoms of the elderly, and under what conditions the relationship between them is stronger or weaker, which has a certain practical significance for the intervention of physical symptoms of the elderly in the future.

Key words: diversity of small groups, group positive emotion, psychological stress, physical symptoms of the elderly

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  • B844
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