Meaning in Life and Mental Health Issues in Older Adults:A Meta-Analysis
作者机构：School of Public ManagementInner Mongolia UniversityHohhot010021China School of Psychological and Cognitive Sciences and Beijing Key Laboratory of Behavior and Mental HealthPeking UniversityBeijing100091China The Third Hospital of Beijing Chaoyang DistrictBeijing100091China School of Economics and ManagementCenter for China Social Trust Researchand Institute of Psychological and Cognitive SciencesFuzhou UniversityFuzhou350108China
出 版 物：《International Journal of Mental Health Promotion》 (国际心理健康促进杂志（英文）)
年 卷 期：2023年第25卷第9期
页 面：971-984页
核心收录：
学科分类：0402[教育学-心理学(可授教育学、理学学位）] 040203[教育学-应用心理学] 1004[医学-公共卫生与预防医学(可授医学、理学学位)] 04[教育学] 1002[医学-临床医学]
基 金：This research was funded by a research Grant 32171076 from National Social Sciences Foundation of China 20BSH139 from National Social Sciences Foundation of China
主 题：Meaning in life mental health issues depression anxiety meta-analysis older adults
摘 要：This study aims to be the first to use meta-analysis to explore the relationship between meaning in life(MIL)and mental health issues among older adults.A meta-analysis was conducted using six databases,resulting in 16 studies with 5,074 participants in ***“metacorand“forestplotpackages in R-Studio were used for data *** total effect was calculated using a random-effects model,with I2=86%in the heterogeneity *** results showed a moderate negative correlation between MIL and mental health issues among older adults,with an average effect of−*** potential moderating variables were examined:the conceptualization of MIL(value ***),region(Asian *** countries),residence status(community *** home ***),types of mental health issues,and evaluation methods(clinical ***-clinical).The first four had no significant moderating *** mean correlation coefficients between mental health issues and value/purpose were−0.49/−0.33;the mean correlation coefficients in Asian countries and Western countries were−0.48 and−0.34;the mean correlation coefficients among participants living in community/nursing home/mixed status were−0.33/−0.40/−0.40;the mean correlation coefficients between MIL and depression/others were−0.37/−0.35;however,the negative relationship between MIL and mental health issues was stronger when non-clinical evaluations(self-report only)were ***,the mean correlation coefficient for non-clinical evaluations was−0.42 and for clinical evaluations was−*** study is the first meta-analysis to identify the negative correlation between older adults’MIL and mental health *** moderating effects of evaluation methods were found.
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