Psychological well-being of elderly people: the social factors

Kovalenko, Olena H.; Spivak, Liubov

doi:10.21277/sw.v1i8.323

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“…The fact that the care giver's communicative behavior with the older adults have a significant positive impact on improving their perceived psychological wellbeing results in the current study, is consistent with the results found in previous studies of ( Zimmerman et al, 2005;Tolson & Brown-Wilson, 2012;Hafskjold et al, 2015). These findings could be an indication that the shaping of the psychological well-being is determined by several factors, including but not limited to, personal, cognitive, and communicative factors (Kovalenko & Spivak, 2018). This lent further support for the present study findings, in which the linear regression analysis proved that the care givers' communicative behavior is a strong predictor of the perceived psychological wellbeing among the elders inside the assisted living facilities.…”

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confidence: 86%

“…The findings of this study recorded that, older people have a strong will and needs of communication with caregivers and other people, even though their needs for safety and security might not be fulfilled (Wang, 2012). A compelling body of researches had also suggested that psychological well-being is significant in promoting longevity of older adults and increased their social engagement (Park, 2009;Kovalenko & Spivak, 2018).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Relationship between the Perceived Psychological Wellbeing and Social Engagement among Older Residents: The predicting Role of Caregivers’ Communicative Behaviors

Dawood

Eweida

2020

Egyptian Journal of Health Care

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The communicative behavior of caregivers plays a pivotal pillar to remaining the older adults in the center of the universe instead of yield to be marginalized or ignored. This descriptive correlational study aimed to investigate the predictive capacity of the caregivers' communicative behavior and examines its correlations to the older adults' perceived sense of psychological well-being and degree of social engagement inside the assisted living facility. A convenience sample of 116 older residents and 56 caregivers was obtained. Five tools were used to conduct this study; (1) Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), (2) Elders' profile structured interview schedule, (3) perceived psychological well-being of the older adults, (4) A revised Index for Social Engagement for longterm care, and (5) Communication problems Observation checklist. The study revealed that more than half (57.75%) of the studied elders had a high level of social engagement inside the assisted living facility and about one-third (32.8%) have a moderate level of perceived psychological wellbeing. The elders' caregivers were having a fair to a high level of communicative behavioral skills when dealing with the older adults inside the assisted living facilities. Also, a strong positive correlation was detected between the caregivers' communicative behavior in relation to the older adults' perceived sense of psychological well-being and degree of social engagement. The present study concludes that the caregivers' communicative behavior was identified to be the independent precursor of the older adults' perceived sense of psychological well-being and social engagement inside the assisted living facility. An on-job communication training program geared toward enhancing the caregivers' knowledge and skills related to effective communication with institutionalized elders is recommended.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 86%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Relationship between the Perceived Psychological Wellbeing and Social Engagement among Older Residents: The predicting Role of Caregivers’ Communicative Behaviors

Dawood

Eweida

2020

Egyptian Journal of Health Care

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“…The results of this study indicated that the level of social feelings of the elderly at the Ikhawanus Shawa Nursing Home is somehow low because several social feelings are not in accordance with Kovalenko & Spivak's (2018) theory. Social feelings are supposed to include a sense of solidarity, a sense of brotherhood, a sense of sympathy, trust, altruism, and a sense of affection.…”

Section: Elderly Social Feelingsmentioning

confidence: 65%

Psychological condition of the elderly in the nursing home

Silvia

Yarni

2022

ProGCouns

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Individuals who have good psychological conditions will commonly be able to create social relatedness and good moral feelings. The purpose of this study was to determine the social and moral feelings of the elderly in the Ikhwanus Shafa Lasi Mudo nursing home in Canduang District, Indonesia. This research used descriptive approach taking six key informants who are elderly residents aged 60 years and over, and the supporting informants consisted of two caregivers. The observation and interview results were analysed by reduction, presentation, verification, and comparison of the results. Specifically, this study focused on social feelings, sense of brotherhood, sympathy for friends who are in the orphanage environment, and sense of affection for others. It was found that in general, there showed a lack a sense of solidarity among others, a lack sense of help and respect. The elderly in this study informed that they developed such feelings that they are too close to the people in the orphanage compared to their family members. However, the moral feeling of the elderly has shown a good relationship between values and ethics (morals), where the elderly were able to take responsibility, feel guilty when violating norms, and feel at ease when obeying norms.

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“…Building on previous studies, PWB may be associated with socio-demographic characteristics, health behaviors, and health status (Jia et al, 2021; Kovalenko & Spivak, 2018; Zhou et al, 2019). Considering the objectives of this study and the availability of data, we included the following control variables: (1) socio-demographic variables, including the respondents’ gender (1 = female , 0 = male ), age, years of education, marital status (1 = married , 2 = divorced , 3 = widowed , 4 = unmarried ), average annual household income, and the number of surviving children; (2) health behavior variables, including smoking, drinking, and exercise; these activities were descriptions of the current situation, and they were all indicated using “1 = yes” or “0 = no”; (3) health status variables, including self-rated health and the number of chronic diseases.…”

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confidence: 84%

Association Between Living Arrangements and Psychological Well-Being Among Older Adults in Rural China: Activities of Daily Living Disability as a Moderator

Wu,

Liu

2023

Sage Open

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This study investigated the association between living arrangements and psychological well-being (PWB) among older adults in rural China and whether activities of daily living (ADL) disability moderate this association. The study data were drawn from the sixth to eighth waves of the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey. The baseline sample included 4,042 individuals aged 65 years and above. PWB was measured using seven mood-related and personality-related questions. ADL disability was measured using Katz’s 6 items of ADL. Living arrangements were categorized into six categories. Linear mixed-effect models were used to examine the association between older adults’ living arrangements and PWB as well as the moderating effect of ADL disability on this relationship. The results showed that compared with living alone, living with spouse only, and living with spouse and children were positively associated with PWB (β = .621, p < .01; β = .527, p < .05), and living with children (no spouse) was negatively associated with PWB (β = −.564, p < .001). ADL disability was negatively associated with PWB (β = −.457, p < .01). Living with children (no spouse) × ADL disability had a positive interaction effect (β = .278, p < .05). These findings suggest that living alone and living with children (no spouse) are not conducive to PWB among older adults in rural China, and ADL disability reduces the negative effects of living with children (no spouse) on PWB. Our findings provide a crucial direction for PWB interventions aimed at older adults in rural China.

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Psychological well-being of elderly people: the social factors

Cited by 16 publications

References 18 publications

Relationship between the Perceived Psychological Wellbeing and Social Engagement among Older Residents: The predicting Role of Caregivers’ Communicative Behaviors

Relationship between the Perceived Psychological Wellbeing and Social Engagement among Older Residents: The predicting Role of Caregivers’ Communicative Behaviors

Psychological condition of the elderly in the nursing home

Association Between Living Arrangements and Psychological Well-Being Among Older Adults in Rural China: Activities of Daily Living Disability as a Moderator

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