Pathways from Men’s Shed engagement to wellbeing, health-related quality of life, and lower loneliness

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ID22945962
AutoresPeter M Mcevoy (0000-0003-2924-6760, School of Population Health , Perth, Western Australia , Australia, autor correspondente), Kirsten Holmes (0000-0001-9838-7538, Curtin University), Brendan J Smith (0000-0001-5758-0032, School of Population Health , Perth, Western Australia , Australia), Jonathan Bullen (0000-0003-0437-2541, enAble Institute, Curtin University , Perth, Western Australia , Australia), Vivian Chiu (0000-0002-8729-3330, Curtin University), Vivian W Chiu (School of Population Health , Perth, Western Australia , Australia), James Wild (Men’s Sheds of Western Australia , Perth, Western Australia , Australia), Jaxon Ashley (Men’s Sheds of Western Australia , Perth, Western Australia , Australia), Rebecca Talbot (0000-0002-3020-7585, Men’s Sheds of Western Australia , Perth, Western Australia , Australia)
Ano2023
Volume38
Fascículo4
Data de publicação2023-08-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoHealth Promotion International (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0957-4824 • E-ISSN: 1460-2245
EditoraOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1093/heapro/daad084
PMID37584668
OpenAlexW4385851621
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas10
Referências citadas57

Extensive qualitative evidence, but limited quantitative evidence, indicates that mutual aid organizations such as Men’s Sheds have positive impacts on wellbeing, health-related quality of life, and loneliness. A recently developed theoretical model proposes that Men’s Sheds may have these impacts via mediating factors such as broadening social networks, increasing behavioural activation and physical activity, reducing alcohol use, and providing meaning in life. The aim of this study was to quantitatively test a model whereby psychological safety (feeling safe, accepted, and valued) is associated with Men’s Shed engagement (frequency of attendance, duration of membership, diversity of activities), which is associated with the hypothesized mediators, which, in turn, are associated with wellbeing, health-related quality of life, and loneliness. Men’s Shed members (N = 333, Mage = 70.90 years, SD = 10.34, 98% male) completed a survey assessing the factors in the model. The hypothesized path model provided an excellent fit to the data. Findings indicated that higher psychological safety was associated with higher engagement, which, in turn, was associated with larger social networks and more meaning in life, which were associated with higher wellbeing and lower loneliness. Higher behavioural activation and less alcohol use were also associated with higher wellbeing. Higher Men’s Shed engagement was not associated with higher behavioural activation and physical activity, or less alcohol use, but behavioural activation and alcohol use were directly associated with health-related quality of life. Implications for optimizing health outcomes within Men’s Sheds are discussed.

Attendance · Developmental psychology · Feeling · Life satisfaction · Loneliness · Meaning (existential) · Psychiatry · Quality of life (healthcare) · Social isolation · Social support · Structural equation modeling · Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare · Behavioral Health and Interventions · Clinical Psychology · Medicine · Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering · Psychology · Social Psychology · Gerontology