Everyday life activities and well-being: Their relationships with age and gender in the elderly

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作者
Carlos Melendez, Juan [1 ]
Manuel Tomas, Jose [2 ]
Navarro, Esperanza
机构
[1] Univ Valencia, Fac Psicol, Dept Psicol Evolut & Educ, Valencia 46010, Spain
[2] Univ Valencia, Dept Metodol Ciencias Comportamiento, Valencia 46010, Spain
来源
ANALES DE PSICOLOGIA | 2011年 / 27卷 / 01期
关键词
Well-being; everyday life activities; ageing; age; gender; HEALTH; MODEL;
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B84 [心理学];
学科分类号
04 ; 0402 ;
摘要
Present study deals with the relationships among everyday life activities and well being with age and gender in the elderly. Research design was a cross-sectional survey of a sample of 566 elderly living in the Province of Valencia (Spain). These participants were surveyed on several dimensions, including socio-demographic information, everyday life activities (Barthel's index) and Ryff's Scales of Well-being. Main results with respect to everyday life activities were: a) positive relationships between well-being dimensions and Barthel' index; b) negative relationships between age and Barthel's index; and finally, c) higher Barthel's index for men than for women. With respect to Ryff's dimensions of well being, results also showed negative relationships of age with all dimensions, but these negative relations were larger for psychological dimensions than for subjective dimensions. There were also statistically significant gender differences in autonomy, personal growth and self-acceptance: men scored higher on the aforementioned well-being dimensions.
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页码:164 / 169
页数:6
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