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Abstract：
Our study examined how lifestyle and number of children influence the relationship between widowhood and life satisfaction based on self-regulation theory. A sample of 2,968 elderly respondents (male = 1,515, female = 1,453, mean age = 69.12 years, SD = 7.24) participated in Chinese General Social Survey. Our findings suggest that lifestyle is positively related to life satisfaction, and number of children is positively associated with life satisfaction but negatively related to lifestyle. The moderated mediation model demonstrated that lifestyle partly mediated the relationship between widowhood and life satisfaction. Moreover, number of children moderated the relationship between widowhood and lifestyle and between lifestyle and satisfaction with life. Widowed elderly individuals who have more children are likely to show a higher level of satisfaction with life. The present study has significance in practice because it provides empirical implications obtained from a national survey on the universal two-child policy in China as two children might decrease the negative impacts of widowhood on life satisfaction.
摘要：
我们的研究基于自我调节理论，研究了生活方式和儿童数量如何影响丧偶与生活满意度之间的关系。对2,968名老年受访者（男性=1,515，女性=1,453，平均年龄=69.12岁，SD=7.24）参加了中国综合社会调查。我们的研究结果表明，生活方式与生活满意度呈正相关，儿童数量与生活满意度呈正相关，但与生活方式呈负相关。调节调解模型表明，生活方式部分介导了寡妇与生活满意度之间的关系。此外，儿童数量调节了寡妇与生活方式之间以及生活方式与生活满意度之间的关系。拥有更多子女的丧偶老人可能会对生活表现出更高的满意度。本研究在实践中具有重要意义，因为它提供了从中国普遍二胎政策的全国调查中获得的经验启示，因为两个孩子可能会减少寡妇对生活满意度的负面影响。
