The Study On The Relationship Between Social Function And Happiness Of The Elderly

In the background of the world getting into the aging society, the survival state and the lives demands of the elderly population drew great attention. From simply get enough economic support to meet the pursuit of happiness, life needs of the elderly are experiencing a period of big change. However, with the increase of the needs of the elderly population, China is also faced with the weakening of family pension, smaller families and a imperfect social welfare system. How to improve the elderly’s life satisfaction, increase happiness of the elderly become the object of academics, policy designated agency focus. In recent years, the" social function " concept for the study of elderly happiness provides a new perspective, which will help to break the existing comprehensive, large study traditions and has great theoretical and practical significance on opening new research window.This article reviews the literature on social function in the past, summarized defined function of the active aging, aging society and social function theory associated with happiness. Under the guidance of the principles of critical adoption of proposed social roles, social networks, social support and social participation of the four angles to explore the relationship between social function and happiness. Based on social function, this new perspective, we interviewed1231old people of Nanjing, Chengdu, Tianjin and Lanzhou City. This article uses quantitative research methods, variance and regression analysis to verify the proposed four research papers hypothesis. Meanwhile, in the process of data collection and research, the author has always been abide by the appropriate research ethics.The study found that there is a positive correlation between three sub-elements of social functions (social networks, social support and social participation) and happiness, this study does not support the existence of a positive correlation between social roles and happiness. Based on the result, this article propose three suggestions to enhance the happiness level of the elderly:helping the elderly with the construction of social network system, increasing social support to the elderly and improving social participation of the elderly, and social functioning. Finally, this article pointed out possible research directions on the study of the relationship between social function and happiness.