Abstract
This study aims to examine Ihe relationship between bilingualism and subjective well-being among elderly Hispanics. Bilingualism is viewed as the abilily to communicate in both English and Spanish. Subiective well-being includes positive affect and lack of negative affect. The study uses data from the 1988 national survey on elderly Hispanics. A sample of 632 elderly bilinguals whose first language was Spanish was selected for the analyses. LISREL 7 was used to test the correlations among two dimensions of bilingualism and two dimensions of subjective well-being. Both first-order confirmatory factor analysis and second-order confirmatory factor analysis reveal that languages and psychological well being correlated in expected directions. More importanlly, the study found that elderly Hispanics who had a stronger bilingual ability had a better psychological status. It is suggested that the social work profession can play an important role in helping recently arrived immigrants and refugees to learn English...
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