Suppressing better: a dyadic examination of inhibiting emotional expression in relationship conflict across the lifespan.
Objectives Volunteering supports healthy aging. However, research has largely examined its health benefits rather than how volunteer work design shapes healthy aging. This study introduces and validates the meaningful voluntary work design and dual pathways for healthy aging (MVP-HA) framework, expl...
| Publicado en: | Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences & Social Sciences Vol. 81; no. 8; pp. 1 - 12 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=195931921&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 195931921 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 10795014 JGB jtl: Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences & Social Sciences issn: 10795014 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Aug2026 vid: 81 iid: 8 pid: 622 pub: Oxford University Press / USA artinfo: ui: 195931921 10.1093/geronb/gbag103 ppf: 1 ppct: 11 formats: tig: atl: Suppressing better: a dyadic examination of inhibiting emotional expression in relationship conflict across the lifespan. aug: au: Lu, Shiyu Pan, Zhuolin Kim, Seoyoun affil: Department of Social Work and Social Administration, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States su: United States Psychological aspects of aging Marriage Social psychology Spouses Conflict (Psychology) Psychological adaptation Emotions Age distribution Communication Social skills Interpersonal relations Emotion regulation Research funding Descriptive statistics sug: subj: Psychological aspects of aging Marriage Social psychology Spouses Conflict (Psychology) Psychological adaptation Emotions Age distribution Communication Social skills Interpersonal relations United States Emotion regulation Research funding Descriptive statistics keyword: aged cognition copyrightHolder:The Gerontological Society of America copyrightYear:2026 emotions feedback healthy aging hong kong https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbag103 inLanguage:en personal satisfaction publisher:Oxford University Press Role engagement sameAs:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42258620/ social support Subjective well-being voluntary workers Volunteering and civic participation aged cognition copyrightHolder:The Gerontological Society of America copyrightYear:2026 emotions feedback healthy aging hong kong https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbag103 inLanguage:en personal satisfaction publisher:Oxford University Press Role engagement sameAs:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42258620/ social support Subjective well-being voluntary workers Volunteering and civic participation ab: Objectives Volunteering supports healthy aging. However, research has largely examined its health benefits rather than how volunteer work design shapes healthy aging. This study introduces and validates the meaningful voluntary work design and dual pathways for healthy aging (MVP-HA) framework, exploring how volunteer work characteristics (VWCs) relate to subjective well-being (SWB) and cognition via two pathways: quality (role engagement) and quantity (volunteering hours) of volunteering. It also assesses whether sociodemographic factors moderate these relationships. Methods Using an explanatory sequential mixed-methods design, cross-sectional data were collected from 457 adults aged 60+ in Hong Kong (2023–2024), in addition to seven focus groups involving 46 older adults. VWCs (e.g. skill variety, task significance, feedback, social support, and recognition) were measured using the adapted Work Design Questionnaire. Results Path analysis revealed that recognition (β = 0.22, p <.001) and social support (β = 0.14, p <.05) were positively associated with SWB, whereas VWC did not directly relate to cognition. Task significance, social support, and recognition influenced SWB via role engagement, whereas volunteering hours mediated associations between skill variety, feedback, and recognition, and cognition. Age, gender, education, and income moderated these mediating effects. Qualitative findings contextualized meaningful VWCs in late-life volunteering, including emotional task meaningfulness, prosocial vitality growth, co-productive ownership, social support, and organizational recognition. Discussion Our findings advance literature by showing that health benefits require intentional role design and vary across sociodemographic contexts. Our framework offers policy implications for optimizing the design of volunteering for healthy aging. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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