目的:隨著全球人口老化的趨勢，老人心理健康促進值得關注。此篇論文主要在探討幸福感的構念並檢驗幸福感在健康上的影響。
方法:此論文主要包括三個相關的研究，含括質性、量性研究方法。第一個研究主要檢驗中國人幸福感量表的信度與效度。第二個研究在探討幸福感與生理、心理、社會因素的關係及其關係。第三個研究在評估促進幸福感在健康方面的影響。利用探索性因素分析了解中國人幸福感量表的構念，典型相關來探索中國人幸福感量表與Ryff心理幸福感量表的關係。利用路徑分析來檢驗幸福感與生理、心理、社會因素的關係，並利用內容分析來詮釋質性訪談結果
結果:中國人幸福感量表包括三大構面：正向情感、生活滿意度及人際關係。幸福感與自覺健康、生命統整性與家庭關係高度相關。從路徑分析圖中顯示，幸福感直接影響健康層面，並藉由家庭關係與生命統整性的增長而提升。家庭關係直接影響幸福感且透過生命統整性間接影響幸福感。質性分析顯示透過正向社會連結有助於正向家庭關係與生命統整性的建立。
結論:正向社會連結與正向經驗分享有益於家庭關係與生命統整性，並進一步提昇退休中老年人的幸福感及健康。

Purpose: A growing awareness of the rapidly-increasing aged population in the world has led to growing attention on mental health promotion in late life. The aims of this dissertation are to determine the components of happiness among retired old adults and to examine the influence of happiness on their health.
Method: This dissertation includes 3 interrelated studies. Both quantitative and qualitative research methods were applied. Study 1 examines the validity and reliability of the Chinese Happiness Inventory. Study 2 investigates the relationships between happiness and physical, psychological and social factors, as well as the influence of happiness on these three factors. Study 3 evaluates the process of happiness promotion and its impact on health. Exploratory factor analysis was performed to analyze the components of the Chinese Happiness Inventory, and a canonical correlation analysis was applied to explore the correlation with Ryff's psychological well-being scales. A path analysis was applied to examine the relationships among happiness and physical, psychological and social factors, and the content analysis was applied to interpret the qualitative results.
Results: The results indicate that the Chinese Happiness Inventory includes 3 components: positive affect, life satisfaction and interpersonal relationships. These components were highly-correlated with self-acceptance, positive relations with others, environmental mastery, purpose in life, and personal growth. Happiness was also positively-correlated with perceived health, sense of coherence and family relationships. From the path model, happiness has a direct influence on perceived health contributions by family relationships and sense of coherence. The family relationships influence happiness directly and indirectly by furnishing a sense of coherence. The qualitative analysis showed that when individuals build higher levels of happiness through positive broadening of their social connections, this results in positive family relationships and a good sense of coherence.
Conclusions: The study found that happiness has a positive impact on health and that happiness is promoted by good family relationships and a sense of coherence. Consequently, promotion of positive social connection and positive experience sharing may benefit family relationships and a sense of coherence, providing further higher levels of happiness and good health among retired older adults.

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