Deconstructing the effects of motility and movement on wellbeing

    Par
    Jean Cavailhès
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    (), Vol. 57 (2), pp. 383–401

     Présentation (FED) : Les auteurs définissent le concept de «motilité» - comme mobilité potentielle - et le concept de «mouvement» - comme mobilité réelle - pour faire un pas en avant dans le démêlage de la relation entre mobilité et bien-être des personnes âgées. Ces concepts sont liés à deux définitions du bien-être: le bien-être hédonique en tant que mesure du bonheur et le bien-être “eudaimonique” en tant qu'actualisation du potentiel humain d'un individu. Ils testent empiriquement leur modèle théorique par des équations structurelles sur un échantillon stratifié de 470 personnes âgées.

    Abstract (authors) : Daily mobility has been shown to contribute to the wellbeing of older adults, as it promotes healthy and independent living. However, very little is known about how the complex relationships between locations, geographic environments and daily mobility relate to wellbeing. In the current paper, we rely on the concept of ‘motility’– defined as potential mobility– and the concept of ‘movement’– defined as actual mobility– to take a step forwards in disentangling the relationship between mobility and wellbeing. We further examine how both motility and movement relate to two complementary definitions of wellbeing: hedonic wellbeing as a measurement of happiness, and eudaimonic wellbeing as the actualisation of an individual’s human potential. To investigate this relationship, we draw up a conceptual framework stressing pathways linking mobility to wellbeing, which we empirically test using structural equation modelling on a stratified sample of 470 older adults. We first quantitatively confirm that motility is defined by access, competences, appropriation and attitudes to modes of transportation. We then observe that motility has direct effects on eudaimonic wellbeing and, to a lesser extent, on hedonic wellbeing. Part of the motility effects on wellbeing are mediated by movement. Separating mobility into motility and movement stresses the independent and complementary role that potential and realised mobility play in shaping older adults’ wellbeing.

    Lien : https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0042098019852033