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Health and Happiness among Older Adults: A Community-based Study

Angner, Erik, Ray, Midge N., Saag, Kenneth G., Allison, Jeroan J.·2009·Journal of Health Psychology
DOI 10.1177/1359105309103570
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The relationship between health and happiness was explored using a cross-sectional survey of 383 community-dwelling older adults. As a function of self-reported health, median happiness was increasing at a decreasing rate; happiness variability was decreasing at a decreasing rate. In multivariable logistic regression, lowest-quartile happiness was associated with poverty, unfavorable subjective health, debilitating pain and urinary incontinence, but not with the comorbidity count or other comorbidities. The results, robust to common method bias, suggest that subjective health measures are better predictors of happiness than objective measures are, except for conditions that disrupt daily functioning or are associated with social stigma.

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Authors
Angner, E., Ray, M. N., Saag, K. G., & Allison, J. J.
Affiliations
University of Alabama at Birmingham (US)
Corresponding author
Angner, Erik
ORCID
Venue
Journal of Health Psychology
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
2009-04-21
Volume
14
Issue
4
Pages
503-512
ISSN
  • 1359-1053 (ISSN-L)
  • 1461-7277
DOI
10.1177/1359105309103570
OpenAlex
W2036045531
Cited by
119
References
39
Citations by year
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FWCI
11.71
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations
  • Journal of Health Psychology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • eScholarship@UMassChan (submittedVersion)
Funders
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (U18-HS010389)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Aging, Health, and Disability
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Aging and Gerontology Research
Keywords
happiness, subjective well-being, older adults, self-reported health, health-related quality of life, poverty, pain, urinary incontinence, comorbidities, community-dwelling older adults
MeSH terms
Activities of Daily Living, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Aging, Alabama, Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal, Attitude to Health, Chronic Disease, Cross-Sectional Studies, Female, Happiness, Health Surveys, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Pain, Poverty, Primary Health Care, Urinary Incontinence, Geriatric Assessment, Comorbidity

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