جستجوی مقالات مرتبط با کلیدواژه « Elderly People » در نشریات گروه « روانشناسی »

This study aimed to analyze the meaning of life experience in the elderly. The method of the present study was qualitative and using a grounded theory approach. For this purpose, ten older adults (6 females and four males) of Shiraz city, who were over 65 years old with the ability to speak Persian and didn’t have any severe affective disorders, were selected by theoretical sampling method. Then, semi-structured interviews were conducted with them to reach the finding. A systematic and analytical approach of Strauss and Corbin was used. Based on the analyses, in open and axial coding, the total strategies used to achieve meaning in life in the elderly were four final categories: Spiritual Excellence, Attention and Self Care, Exchange of Love, and Social Dynamics. In selective coding, the components were included under the strategic section. The present study showed that the view and perception of the elderly about the meaning of life is multidimensional, and these factors play a role in giving meaning to the life of the elderly.

The aim of this study was to examine the moderating role of coping styles in the relationship between attachment styles and obsession death in the elderly. Three hundred and twenty six elderly people (185 males, 141 females) were selected from Noorabad Mamasani, Iran by convenient sampling. The participants completed the Adult Attachment Style Questionnaire (Hazan & Shaver, 1987), the Coping Styles Questionnaire (Park, 2007) and the Death Obsession Scale (Abdel-khalek, 1998). The data analyzed using Pearson correlation coefficient and multivariate regression. The results indicated that secure attachment style and positive coping style related to obsession death significantly and negatively. The insecure attachment styles and negative coping style related to obsession death significantly and c positive The. positivelyoping style predicted lower scores in obsession death. The positive coping style moderated the relationship between attachment styles and obsession death. The findings suggested that increasing level of positive coping style weakened the relationship between insecure attachment styles and obsession death.

The purpose of the study was to determine the role of procrastination and affect control in predicting the interpersonal reactivity.

This is a descriptive research of correlation type. Statistical sample included all retired elderly people of Sari, Iran. 220 subjects (114 women, 106 men) were selected by available sampling. Data were collected by General Procrastination Scale, Affect Control Scale and Interpersonal Reactivity Index.

Results showed that there’s a significant correlation between interpersonal reactivity with procrastination (r= -33), affect control (r= 53), anxiety (r= 42) and positive effect (r= 25). The results of regression analysis test showed that depression, anxiety and procrastination can predict the changes of perspective-taking significantly. Moreover, anxiety and positive affect can predict fantasy significantly; anger and anxiety can predict emphatic concern negatively and positively, respectively; moreover, anger can predict personal distress positively. In general, anxiety, positive affect and procrastination can explain 28 percent of the variance of elderly people’s interpersonal reactivity.

We can improve elderly people’s interpersonal relations and consequently their lives and health by training strategies to cope with procrastination and also affect control training.

This study is aimed at investigating the role of hopefulness and social well-being in life satisfaction of the elderly in Tehran. In order to achieve the foregoing aim, a sample of 220 elderly people (122 women and 98 men) were selected from among the people at public places such as shopping centers, parks and cultural centers using simple random sampling method. Then, the elderly were studied by means of the scales of hopefulness, social well-being and life satisfaction. In order to analyze the data, the researchers employed descriptive statistics (Pearson correlation) and inferential statistics (multiple regression method). Research results suggest that there is a significant positive correlation between the elderly people's hopefulness, social well-being and life satisfaction. There is a positive relation between the elderly people's hopefulness and social well-being and life satisfaction.