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A predictive model of well‐being and self‐care for rural elderly women in Taiwan
Author(s) -
Wang HsiuHung,
Laffrey Shirley Cloutier
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
research in nursing and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.836
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1098-240X
pISSN - 0160-6891
DOI - 10.1002/nur.1015
Subject(s) - social support , marital status , psychology , variance (accounting) , agency (philosophy) , explained variation , gerontology , path analysis (statistics) , demography , medicine , social psychology , statistics , sociology , population , social science , mathematics , accounting , business
A predictive model of well‐being and self‐care was tested with 284 women aged 60–88 living in rural communities in Taiwan. The variables studied were age, marital status, social class, social support, perceived health, self‐care agency, self‐care behavior, and perceived well‐being. The model was tested by path analysis. The parameters of the model were estimated with the maximum likelihood method. In the refined model, χ 2 (12, N = 284) = 15.18, p = .23), 33% of the total variance in well‐being was explained by self‐care behavior, social support, and perceived health; 66% of the total variance in self‐care behavior was explained by self‐care agency and social support; 49% of the total variance in self‐care agency was explained by social support, perceived health, social class, and age; 14% of the total variance in social support was explained by marital status, social class, and age; and 8% of the total variance in perceived health was explained by social support. The goodness‐of‐fit index was .99, indicating that the refined model fit the data well. The findings of this study contribute to a greater understanding of this predictive model for application with older women in rural Taiwan. © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Res Nurs Health 24: 122–132, 2001