The moderating roles of intrinsic and extrinsic religiosity on the relationship between social networks and flourishing: a study on community-dwelling widowed older adults in Malaysia
Widowhood affects the social networks and well-being of older adults. Religion might moderate the relationship between a stressor and well-being. This study aimed to identify the moderating roles of intrinsic and extrinsic religiosity on the relationship between social networks and flourishing among...
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| author | Hui, Foh Foong Hamid, Tengku Aizan Ibrahim, Rahimah Bagat, Mohamad Fazdillah |
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| description | Widowhood affects the social networks and well-being of older adults. Religion might moderate the relationship between a stressor and well-being. This study aimed to identify the moderating roles of intrinsic and extrinsic religiosity on the relationship between social networks and flourishing among widowed older people and whether this relationship varied across gender. This study involved 655 community-dwelling widowed older Malaysians from Wave 1 (2012–2013) of “Identifying Psychosocial Risks and Quantifying the Economic Costs of Age-Related Cognitive Decline among Older Malaysians” in Peninsula Malaysia. The moderated hierarchical multiple linear regression analysis was conducted to examine the moderating roles of religiosity. Results showed that the moderating effect of religiosity on the relationship between social networks and flourishing was only observed for extrinsic religiosity, not intrinsic religiosity. In terms of gender differences, extrinsic religiosity moderated the relationship between social networks, flourishing only among widows but not widowers. Widows with low levels of extrinsic religiosity should join activities or programs that could expand their social networks to promote higher well-being despite widowhood. |
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| spelling | upm-1102202024-07-04T06:47:05Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/110220/ The moderating roles of intrinsic and extrinsic religiosity on the relationship between social networks and flourishing: a study on community-dwelling widowed older adults in Malaysia Hui, Foh Foong Hamid, Tengku Aizan Ibrahim, Rahimah Bagat, Mohamad Fazdillah Widowhood affects the social networks and well-being of older adults. Religion might moderate the relationship between a stressor and well-being. This study aimed to identify the moderating roles of intrinsic and extrinsic religiosity on the relationship between social networks and flourishing among widowed older people and whether this relationship varied across gender. This study involved 655 community-dwelling widowed older Malaysians from Wave 1 (2012–2013) of “Identifying Psychosocial Risks and Quantifying the Economic Costs of Age-Related Cognitive Decline among Older Malaysians” in Peninsula Malaysia. The moderated hierarchical multiple linear regression analysis was conducted to examine the moderating roles of religiosity. Results showed that the moderating effect of religiosity on the relationship between social networks and flourishing was only observed for extrinsic religiosity, not intrinsic religiosity. In terms of gender differences, extrinsic religiosity moderated the relationship between social networks, flourishing only among widows but not widowers. Widows with low levels of extrinsic religiosity should join activities or programs that could expand their social networks to promote higher well-being despite widowhood. Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) 2023 Article PeerReviewed Hui, Foh Foong and Hamid, Tengku Aizan and Ibrahim, Rahimah and Bagat, Mohamad Fazdillah (2023) The moderating roles of intrinsic and extrinsic religiosity on the relationship between social networks and flourishing: a study on community-dwelling widowed older adults in Malaysia. Healthcare, 11 (9). art. no. 1300. pp. 1-13. ISSN 2227-9032 https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/11/9/1300 10.3390/healthcare11091300 |
| spellingShingle | Hui, Foh Foong Hamid, Tengku Aizan Ibrahim, Rahimah Bagat, Mohamad Fazdillah The moderating roles of intrinsic and extrinsic religiosity on the relationship between social networks and flourishing: a study on community-dwelling widowed older adults in Malaysia |
| title | The moderating roles of intrinsic and extrinsic religiosity on the relationship between social networks and flourishing: a study on community-dwelling widowed older adults in Malaysia |
| title_full | The moderating roles of intrinsic and extrinsic religiosity on the relationship between social networks and flourishing: a study on community-dwelling widowed older adults in Malaysia |
| title_fullStr | The moderating roles of intrinsic and extrinsic religiosity on the relationship between social networks and flourishing: a study on community-dwelling widowed older adults in Malaysia |
| title_full_unstemmed | The moderating roles of intrinsic and extrinsic religiosity on the relationship between social networks and flourishing: a study on community-dwelling widowed older adults in Malaysia |
| title_short | The moderating roles of intrinsic and extrinsic religiosity on the relationship between social networks and flourishing: a study on community-dwelling widowed older adults in Malaysia |
| title_sort | moderating roles of intrinsic and extrinsic religiosity on the relationship between social networks and flourishing: a study on community-dwelling widowed older adults in malaysia |
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