Study on the Influence Mechanism of Social Support on the Quality of Life of the Elderly in the University of the Third Aged

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10.2991/aebmr.k.220404.087How to use a DOI?

Keywords

University of the Third Age; the elderly; social support theory; quality of life

Abstract

University of the third age is a national strategy to cope with an aging population. The elderly get social support from teachers and classmates in the process of learning, which is of great significance to improve the quality of life of the elderly. This paper studies the impact mechanism of social support on the quality of life of the elderly under the background of university of the third age. The study selects five variables: teacher support, classmate support, learning participation, mental health and quality of life to build a structural equation model, with collecting 225 valid questionnaires. Nine hypotheses are proposed and tested through empirical analysis, and eight hypotheses are tested to be valid. This study enriches the research field of social support theory based on the background of universities for the elderly, which has important reference significance for the reform of university of the third age in the future.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - YunYi Li
AU  - ChangYong Liang
AU  - YiMing Ma
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/04/18
TI  - Study on the Influence Mechanism of Social Support on the Quality of Life of the Elderly in the University of the Third Aged
BT  - Proceedings of the 2022 International Conference on Creative Industry and Knowledge Economy (CIKE 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 456
EP  - 461
SN  - 2352-5428
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/aebmr.k.220404.087
DO  - 10.2991/aebmr.k.220404.087
ID  - Li2022
ER  -