The Impact Of Social Support On Active Aging: A Moderated Mediation Mode

The aging situation is increasingly severe and affects the society,families and the elderly.Active aging is one of response strategies,which has become a research hotspot in academic circles.According to the lifespan diamond model,convoy model of social support and salutogenic model,relational resources can help the elderly cope with stress and enhance active aging,and sense of coherence gathers the effects of generalized resistance resources on health,such as social support.Based on this,this study combines perception of social support and active aging,to investigate the mechanisms of perceived stress,sense of coherence and coping style in social support on active aging,and builds the relationship model between the five factors,so as to improve the physical and mental health,life satisfaction of the elderly,to promote the process of active aging.The study adopts the questionnaire method to discuss the relationship between active aging,perceived stress,sense of coherence and coping style of 1132 elderly individuals.The results show that:(1)Social support can significantly positively predict the degree of sense of coherence and active aging,and negatively predict the level of perceived stress.(2)Perceived stress plays a partial mediating role in the relationship between social support and active aging.(3)Sense of coherence plays a partial mediating role in the relationship between social support and active aging.(4)Perceived stress and sense of coherence play a partially chain-mediated role in the relationship between social support and active aging.(5)Positive coping style plays a moderating role in the mediation model of social support and perceived stress on active aging.However,negative coping style doesn’t.The results show that providing more social support to the elderly can effectively reduce psychological stress,and enhance sense of coherence,so as to promote the degree of active aging.Moreover,positive coping style plays a moderating role between perceived stress and active aging.Based on the theoretical bases and research results,this study puts forward some suggestions for the government,society,community,family and the elderly,to promote the process of active aging.