ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Psychol.
Sec. Psychology of Aging
Volume 16 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1570762
THE MEDIATING ROLE OF DISPOSITIONAL RESILIENCE IN THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SPIRITUALITY AND LIFE SATISFACTION OF FILIPINO OLDER ADULTS
Provisionally accepted
- Department of Psychology, College of Arts and Social Sciences, Central Luzon State University, Science City of Muñoz, Nueva Ecija, Philippines
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The study examined the relationship between spirituality and life satisfaction of Filipino older adults as mediated by dispositional resilience.Guided by the Selection, Optimization, and Compensation (SOC) model by Baltes and Baltes (1990), the study employed a quantitative correlational design and a sample of 211 elderly Filipinos from Nueva Ecija, Philippines. Prior studies had established a nonlinear relationship of spirituality and life satisfaction, in contrast, this study attempted to provide a more definitive path between spirituality and life satisfaction. Moreover, previous researchers uncovered mediating effects of dispositional resilience with other concepts, whereas this study aimed to identify its role when mediating the aforementioned variables. Consequently, the findings revealed that spirituality and life satisfaction are positively correlated to dispositional resilience, the direct relationship of spirituality to life satisfaction was not significant. However, the effects of spirituality to life satisfaction can be amplified through the mediating effect of dispositional resilience. This indicates that dispositional resilience plays a significant role in understanding the influence of spirituality to the life satisfaction of Filipino older adults.
Keywords: Dispositional resilience, spirituality, Filipino, life satisfaction, Mediation, Filipino older adults
Received: 04 Feb 2025; Accepted: 30 May 2025.
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* Correspondence:
STEPHANIE JOY Adriano GUSILATAR, Department of Psychology, College of Arts and Social Sciences, Central Luzon State University, Science City of Muñoz, Nueva Ecija, Philippines
John Lloyd Calungsod, Department of Psychology, College of Arts and Social Sciences, Central Luzon State University, Science City of Muñoz, Nueva Ecija, Philippines
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