Memory Self-efficacy Mediates the Relationship between Self-rated Health and Optimism among Chinese Older Adults

[...]these findings supported the important role of memory self-efficacy in promoting older adults' well-being (3). Chinese older adults who rated themselves as physically healthy had higher memory self-efficacy, which resulted in older adults' high optimism about the future. [...]we recommend that well-being promotion programs, especially quality of life educational programs aimed at enhancing older people's optimistic belief should focus on increasing older adults' positive self-evaluations on their health conditions and their perceived capability of using their memory in different situations.