Abstract.The study of well-being is especially interesting in the case of the elderly, located at a vital time when limiting life in a quantitative sense is more evident, in which the disease and disorders are more likely to increase, and in which the quality of life years left to live and their promotion is essential (Satorres, 2013). The psychological well-being is a broad concept that includes social dimensions, subjective and psychological as well as behaviors related to health in general, that lead people to work in a positive way. The term happiness is too ambitious; however the individual subjective well-being (BIS) allows to measure the degree of happiness or satisfaction that, in general terms, predominates in each according to his own point of view. On the other hand, the constructive thought, in their different scales and facets, are in reality variables socio emotional functions which enables us to face the world and reality. The research group of the ULPGC INDEPSI has conducted an investigation to relate these two constructs (constructive thought and subjective wellbeing individual) in a group with ages between 57 and 87 years (n=96) who receive university studies for older, using for this purpose the inventory of constructive thought emotional (Epstein, 2012) and the questionnaire BIS-HERNAN (Hernández, 1996 and 2000) that measure different aspects of happiness. The results indicate that the factors that attaches the happiness and unhappiness are of a different nature; that there are significant differences (p<0.05) between the valuation of the past and future happiness in comparison with the present and that having a good emotional coping and little suspicion are significant predictors of happiness.Key words: constructive thought, individual subjective well-being, elderly, variables socio emotional functions, happiness.Resumen.El estudio del bienestar es especialmente interesante en el caso de las personas mayores, situadas en un momento vital en el que la limitación de la vida en un sentido cuantitativo es más evidente, en el que la enfermedad y las disfunciones tienen más probabilidad de aumento, y en el que la calidad de los años de vida que quedan por vivir y su promoción es fundamental (Satorres, 2013). El bienestar psicológico es un concepto amplio que incluye dimensiones sociales, subjetivas y psicológicas, así como comportamientos relacionados con la salud en general, que llevan a las personas a funcionar de un modo positivo. El término felicidad es demasiado ambicioso; sin embargo el Bienestar Subjetivo Individual (BIS) permite medir el grado de felicidad o de satisfacción que, en términos generales, predomina en cada uno según su propio punto de vista. Por otro lado, el pensamiento constructivo, en sus distintas escalas y facetas, son en realidad variables socioemocionales que nos permite afrontar el mundo y la realidad. El grupo de investigación INDEPSI de la ULPGC ha realizado un estudio para relacionar estos dos constructos (pensamiento constructivo y bienestar subjetivo individual) en un grupo con edades comprendidas entre los 57 y 87 años, (n=96) que reciben estudios universitarios para mayores, usando para ello el Inventario de Pensamiento Constructivo Emocional (Epstein, 2012) y el cuestionario BIS-HERNAN (Hernández, 1996 y 2000) que mide distintos aspectos de la felicidad. Los resultados nos indican que los factores por los que se atribuye la felicidad y la infelicidad son de distinta naturaleza; que existen diferencias significativas (p<0.05) entre la valoración de la felicidad pasada y futura en comparación con la actual, y que tener un buen afrontamiento emocional y poca suspicacia son predictores significativos de la felicidad.Palabras claves: pensamiento constructivo, bienestar subjetivo individual, personas mayores, variables socioemocionales, felicidad.
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