The relationship between psychological well-being and religiosity in the elderly of Tehran
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One of the most important challenges in the world today is the promotion of mental well-being and happiness among the elderly. Due to this cause, purpose of current study is to identify the relationship between psychological well-being and religiousness factors among elderly people in Tehran.
The current study, has a descriptive correlational method. Statistical population for the present study includes all elderly people in Tehran city in 1394. The required sample for this study consisted of 112 people (mean = 67.2, SD = 11.3) and was selected by available sampling among aged people in Tehran city. In order to collect data, Iranian society religiousness scale and psychological wellbeing scale were used.
Results of step by step regression analysis showed that there exists direct significant relationships between statistical components of self-determination (27.10 ± 6.66), life satisfaction (44.38 ± 9.92), psychological well-being and religiousness (176.06 ± 30.57) in elderly people. In this regard life satisfaction and self-determination scores explained 28 percent of variation in religiosity (r= 0.52, P < 0.01). whilst self-determination component explained 15 percent of change in religious beliefs (r= 0.39, P < 0.005), and along with life satisfaction explained respectively 31 (r= 0.56, P < 0.01). and 28 percent of religious commitment and religious sentiments(r= 0.52, P < 0.02). The research data were analyzed using SPSS v.24 and using stepwise multivariate regression and stepwise regression.
According to the findings of this study, a higher score on the components of religiosity, including religious beliefs, emotions and behaviors, quality is associated with the improvement of well-being indicators in the elderly.
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