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dc.contributor.authorCresswell-Smith, Johanna
dc.contributor.authorWahlbeck, Kristian
dc.contributor.authorKalseth, Jorid
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-05T13:05:42Z
dc.date.available2023-09-05T13:05:42Z
dc.date.created2022-10-10T13:33:45Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.identifier.citationInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH). 2022, 19 (7), 4363.en_US
dc.identifier.issn1661-7827
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11250/3087538
dc.description.abstractBackground: Mental wellbeing is formed by our daily environments, which are, in turn, influenced by public policies, such as the welfare state. This paper looks at how different aspects of life conditions may mediate the welfare state effect on mental wellbeing in oldest old age. Methods: Data were extracted from Round 6 of the European Social Survey (2012). The dataset comprised of 2058 people aged 80 years and older from 24 countries. Mediation analyses determined possible links between the welfare state, including eleven intervening variables representing life conditions and five mental wellbeing dimensions. Results: Our study confirms that the higher the level of welfare state, the better mental wellbeing, irrespective of dimension. Although several life conditions were found to mediate the welfare state effect on mental wellbeing, subjective general health, coping with income and place in society were the most important intervening variables. Conclusions: All three variables centre around supporting autonomy in the oldest old age. By teasing out how the welfare state influences mental wellbeing in the oldest old, we can better understand the many drivers of wellbeing and enable evidence informed age-friendly policy making.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherMDPIen_US
dc.rightsNavngivelse 4.0 Internasjonal*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.no*
dc.titleLife Conditions as Mediators of Welfare State Effect on Mental Wellbeing among Oldest Old in Europeen_US
dc.title.alternativeLife Conditions as Mediators of Welfare State Effect on Mental Wellbeing among Oldest Old in Europeen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.description.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.rights.holder© 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.en_US
dc.source.pagenumber19en_US
dc.source.volume19en_US
dc.source.journalInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH)en_US
dc.source.issue7en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/ijerph19074363
dc.identifier.cristin2060080
dc.source.articlenumber4363en_US
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