本研究發現退休中老年人幸福感重要預測因子包括家庭關係、經 濟狀況、生命統整性與健康狀況，正向環境具有透過正向特質來影響 正向情緒之間接作用。其中家庭關係在退休中老年人的幸福感具有最 大的影響力，可見得家庭正向環境的營造是提升退休中老年人幸福感 的良好著力點。
根據前述之研究發現與討論，研究者提出以下建議，提供退休中 老年人、政府相關單位與未來研究者參考：
一、 對退休中老年人的建議
由於本研究發現家庭關係越好者幸福感越佳，具有較高程度的生 命統整性特質者幸福感也越佳。因而針對上述結論，研究者給予退休 中老年人以下建議：
（一） 學習與家人的良好溝通與互動，建立友善的家庭關係，有助於 幸福感的提升。
在研究中，家庭關係是幸福感最重要的預測因子，家庭關係越良 好，其幸福感也越佳。可見得良好的家庭關係，包括家人之間的相互 瞭解、家人相處的融洽、家人互動頻繁對退休中老年人的幸福感來說
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是相當重要的，我們欲提升退休中老年人的幸福感可由建立良好的家 庭關係著手，增加退休中老年人與家人的聯繫，並鼓勵退休中老年人 多與家人分享自己的生活，使家人也能瞭解長輩們的生活狀況，當然 這些需要家人們的共同努力經營，才能擁有良好的家庭關係。退休中 老年人所需要的莫過於子女兒孫們的問候與關懷。建立家人良好的互 動需要雙方共同努力經營才能擁有，溝通管道的建立有助於退休中老 年人表達自己的意見與想法，建立更親密的關係，提升退休中老年人 的社會支持網絡。這份來自親人的歸屬感與安全感能使退休中老年人 的幸福感提升許多。
（二） 培養生命統整性特質，提升幸福感。
研究發現退休中老年人的生命統整性特質越好，幸福感也越佳。
可見得生命統整性對於生命意義的理解，可使退休中老年人更懂得領 略生命意義的重要，對於人生晚年亦能積極看待，持續發揮生命的功 能。因而研究者建議退休中老年人可針對本身特質，找出能夠激發自 身生命統整性特質的途徑，以提高幸福感受。
二、 對政府相關機構的建議
為使能因應高齡化所帶來的衝擊，促進退休中老年人的心理健 康，使其能維持積極的生活態度，進而邁向成功老化，繼續發揮高齡
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者的生命潛能。而要使退休中老年人能夠成功老化，減少醫療成本、
持續發揮長者生命潛能，站在此一立場，需要從家庭政策宣導對退休 中老年人的重視，並使相關單位舉辦高齡者的家庭活動，使長者能夠 加強與其與家人的互動與瞭解，以提升退休中老年人之幸福感。另外，
亦可提供退休生涯規劃諮詢，協助退休者面對退休後生活的轉變。而 針對獨居、非已婚者，更要加強他們與社會網絡的連結，建立情感支 持系統，改從社區組織給予他們正向環境。透過多與不同的群體交流 來認識自己，藉此修正或調整自己的價值觀，培養生命統整性特質。
建立志工制度，依照每個人不同的特性，繼續發揮其所長，找回長者 生活的重心與相信自己能是有所用處的，亦提高社會大眾對於長者的 尊重，如此一來長者的幸福感自然也就能隨之提高。
三、 未來研究者的建議
本研究關注於退休中老年人的背景變項、健康狀態、正向環境、
生命統整性對幸福感的影響，在此針對研究之研究限制，提供以下改 進要點作為未來後續研究之參考：
（一） 研究對象
本研究之研究對象皆為外出參與活動或公園、捷運與寺廟周圍所 遇到的民眾，建議未來研究可增加對不外出參與活動或不健康的族群
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進行研究。
（二） 研究變項方面
影響退休中老年人幸福感的因素眾多，本研究僅就研究者所關心 之變項來探討，可能尚有不夠周延之處。建議於研究廣度方面可再針 對退休中老年人的其他正向特質做相關延伸之研究。
（三） 研究方法方面
本研究為橫斷式研究，採問卷調查法進行，為使能進一步瞭解正 向環境、正向特質與幸福感的因果關係，可由縱貫性研究做進一步的 調查。
退休中老年人主要的支持網絡來自於家庭，家庭關係深深影響了 退休中老年人的幸福感；然而對於年輕世代盛行的不婚主義或頂客 族，未來亦可研究家庭關係對幸福感的影響是否具有世代效應、或是 為退休中老年人族群生活重心移轉回家庭的影響，可比較其與同年齡 層未退休者幸福感的差異。
本研究發現退休中老年人幸福感的預測因子為家庭關係、經濟狀 況、生命統整性與健康狀態，家庭關係與生命統整性皆是可著力去改 善以提升幸福感的，值得深思的是，家庭關係同時亦是無力去改變的 因素，像是對於獨居者而言，他們無法從家庭獲得關係性情感資源，
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因此需要改由從友誼獲得情感支持。除此之外，因為生命統整性具有 緩衝正向環境不良所造成影響的作用，更需要重視培養生命統整性等 正向特質。
本研究僅就退休中老年人之幸福感做調查，或許仍無法探索退休 中老年人幸福感受的全貌，但希冀透過本研究能為未來提升退休中老 年人幸福感提供一份具體的數據說明，幫助退休中老年人思索自身現 況與幸福的意義，即已達成研究者進行此研究之重要目的。
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