| According to Life-span Theory of Control in Successful Aging, 161 adults, aged from 50 to 75, from two areas of China (Shanghai and Ningxia), with bachelor's degree or above, were investigated on their control strategy, self-esteem and life-satisfaction.SEM and ANOVA studies on the individual control strategy, life satisfaction and self-esteem reveals: (1) CSS (Control Strategy Scale) referring to the Heckhausen & Schulz's Life-span Theory of Control in Successful Aging has reasonable reliability and validity and could be used on Chinese adults. (2) The translated SWLS (Satisfaction With Life Scale) should be used on three dimensions for Chinese adults while SLCS-R (The Self-Liking/Self-Competence Scale Revised Version) should be used on one dimension.; the self-esteem could not be used as a significant influential factor on life satisfaction in the Chinese culture. (3) The hypothesized model on the control strategy, self-esteem and life satisfaction are fit in the data, indicating that the model possesses cross-cultrual consistency (4) In the two samples from Shanghai and Ningxia, the selective secondary control was employed more frequently by the male than the female, the other control strategies, self-esteem and life satisfaction have no significant difference between the two areas and between genders.
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