Happiness in the Elderly: the Role of Self-esteem
Year: 2016
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Along with the remarkable rise of life expectancy, happiness has become a major issue for people who live a longer life. The aging process encompasses some declines that challenge the well-being of people. Therefore, the aim of this study was todetermine the relationship betweenself-esteemandhappinessin elderly in Hamedan. This researchwasdescriptive in kind of correlational. The study papulationincluded allelderly people inthe city ofHamedan. The sample size included250elderly whichwere selectedbyconvenience sampling. Happiness and Depression by McGreal and Joseph, and Self-Esteem Inventory by Coopersmith were used to gatheringthedata. Pearson correlation coefficient and Stepwise MultipleRegression were used to analyzethedata. The results showed that there is a significant positive relationship between self-esteem and happiness in the elderly people (P<0.001). Finally,regression analysisshowed that 42 percentofthehsppiness can bepredicted based onself-esteem. Therefore, improving thecharacteristics of theself-esteem in aged peoplecanenhancetheir happiness.
Author: Rozita Amani
Institution: Bu-Ali Sina University
Language: English
Subfield: Developmental and Educational Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W4302080816