The contribution of social life to elderly well-being

The purpose of this research was to study the social life and its contribution to personal well-being of elderly people. The research design was a prospective, non-experimental, cross-disciplinary. This research was focused on information of 1056 volunteers (men and women) ranging in age from 65-100...

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Autor: Carmona Valdés, Sandra Emma
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:México
Institución:UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO
Repositorio:Entreciencias: diálogos en la sociedad del conocimiento
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/62101
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.unam.mx/index.php/entreciencias/article/view/62101
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:elderly
social life
well-being
old age.
adultos mayores
vida social
bienestar personal
vejez.
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Sumario:The purpose of this research was to study the social life and its contribution to personal well-being of elderly people. The research design was a prospective, non-experimental, cross-disciplinary. This research was focused on information of 1056 volunteers (men and women) ranging in age from 65-100 years. The central hypothesis of the research assumed that an active social life is beneficial to personal well-being to a greater extent rather than gender, age, education, socioeconomic status, health, living in company and autonomy. According to the analysis of information, age, education, gender, socioeconomic status and living in company are not considered contributing factors which define and / or maintain well-being of elderly people. The results of statistical analysis indicate a significant predictive relationship of social life, autonomy and health with personal well-being of older adults. In conclusion, it stands the relevance of social life as a possibility to achieve well-being in the elderly.