Subjective Well-being and Stress Level in Elderly / 中国心理卫生杂志
Chinese Mental Health Journal
;
(12): 28-30, 2001.
Article
in Chinese
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-412038
ABSTRACT
Objective:
To study the correlation between subjective well- being and stress level of elderly.Method:
346 urban elderly (male aged over 60, female aged over 55) were sampled by group. Subjective well - being was indexed by positive factor, negative factor, total score of MUNSH, and total life satisfaction which was the mean of the satisfactions in 6 life domains. Stress level was indicated by somatization, depression, anxiety and hostility of SCL- 90. Stress was distin guished by ” recent” and ” ordinarily” .Results:
Bivariate correlation suggested that most indices of subjective well - being correlated to stress, the absolute coefficients were between 0. 1 to 0.6 (p < 0.05), except the ” hostility at ordinary time”to positive factor (p>0.05) . Multi- variate step- wise regression indicated that subjective well- being correlated negatively to depression first, secondly to anxiety and hostility. Depression could explain 25% total score variance, 36% negative factor, less than 10% positive factor and satisfaction. Anxiety could explain less than 2% of total score and positive factor variance, hostility had similar powerin explaining satisfaction variance.Conclusion:
Subjective well- being correlated negatively with bad mood, especially depression.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Language:
Chinese
Journal:
Chinese Mental Health Journal
Year:
2001
Type:
Article
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