title: Life satisfaction and health related quality of life among low-income medical patients: the mediating influence of self-esteem.
abstract: This study investigated the relationship between life satisfaction, self-esteem, and perceived health for an ethnically diverse, low SES sample of primary care patients. Results indicated that several specific domains of health-related quality of life (HRQL), including health perception, social functioning, mental health, and energy/fatigue, significantly predicted life satisfaction in this sample of 60 patients. Self-esteem mediated this relationship, partially with health perception and fully with the remaining three domains. The results of this study underscore the importance of healthcare interventions that consider the bidirectional relationship between physical and emotional well-being.
authors.affiliation: Department of Counseling & Educational Psychology, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, USA.
authors.forename: Jared
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cox
authors.forename: Mary Jo
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Loughran
authors.forename: Eve M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Adams
authors.forename: Rachel L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Navarro
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health; D008875:Middle Aged; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D011203:Poverty / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011788:Quality of Life; D012649:Self Concept; D012923:Social Class; D014505:Urban Population; D055815:Young Adult