Positive Mental Health of Finnish People Living Alone: The Role of Circumstantial Factors and Leisure-Time Activities
| العنوان: | Positive Mental Health of Finnish People Living Alone: The Role of Circumstantial Factors and Leisure-Time Activities |
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| المؤلفون: | Tuija Martelin, Tytti Pasanen, Nina Tamminen, Pia Solin |
| المصدر: | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 18, Iss 6735, p 6735 (2021) Volume 18 Issue 13 |
| بيانات النشر: | MDPI, 2021. |
| سنة النشر: | 2021 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Gerontology, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, single occupancy households, socio-economic status, Leisure time, 050109 social psychology, Structural equation modeling, Article, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Leisure Activities, Humans, 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences, 030212 general & internal medicine, Risk factor, Socioeconomic status, Exercise, Finland, Leisure participation, 05 social sciences, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Circumstantial evidence, Mental health, leisure time, Europe, Mental Health, Psychological well-being, Medicine, psychological well-being, Psychology, social life |
| الوصف: | Living alone has become more common across Europe. Past research has consistently identified living alone as a risk factor for poor mental health while evidence on the positive dimension(s) of mental health has been scarce. Positive mental health has been associated with rather stable circumstantial factors, such as socio-economic characteristics and social relationships, and day-to-day activities in the form of leisure participation, in general populations. In this study, our objective was to assess these relationships among people living alone. We specified a structural equation model in a random sample of Finnish people living alone (n = 884), with the circumstantial factors as (exogenous) explanatory variables, participation in various leisure activities as mediators, and positive mental health as the outcome. In the model, more frequent engagement in several leisure-time activities, including being in contact with family/friends and physical activity in nature, were positively associated with positive mental health. The circumstantial factors that most strongly explained both leisure participation and positive mental health were the number of friends, being in a relationship, and having no limiting illnesses. In conclusion, among Finnish people living alone, social and functional factors appear to be more strongly associated with leisure participation and positive mental health than socio-economic factors. |
| وصف الملف: | application/pdf |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 1660-4601 1661-7827 |
| URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::4ec9f2e83d0a1d772a94495e07245c81 http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC8268311 |
| حقوق: | OPEN |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsair.doi.dedup.....4ec9f2e83d0a1d772a94495e07245c81 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 16604601 16617827 |
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