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2025 APS Annual Convention · 2025
Analysis of Sequential Mediation Model of Social Support, Self-Compassion, Life Satisfaction, and Mental Wellbeing in a Sub-Saharan African Sample of Older Adults
- Chidiebere Obioha
Department of Psychology, University of Nigeria - Nkechi Chukwuemeka
University of Nigeria
Abstract
This study examined whether self-compassion and life satisfaction are sequential mediators of the positive influence of social support (family, friends, and special person) on mental wellbeing. The participants were 350 Nigerian older adults (36.3% men and 63.7% women) aged 54 -93 years (Mage = 64.96, SD = 6.47).
Aging