Correlations between satisfaction with life and selected personal resources among students of Universities of the Third Age
| Autor: | Halina Zielińska-Więczkowska |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Self-assessment Self-Assessment Universities sociodemographic factors media_common.quotation_subject Personal Satisfaction self-rated health 03 medical and health sciences Sex Factors 0302 clinical medicine Optimism Quality of life optimism/pessimism University of the Third Age (U3A) Surveys and Questionnaires Humans Medicine 030212 general & internal medicine Big Five personality traits Students life satisfaction Socioeconomic status Original Research Aged Self-rated health media_common Aged 80 and over 030214 geriatrics Successful aging business.industry Life satisfaction General Medicine Middle Aged Self Efficacy Social Class Clinical Interventions in Aging Income Quality of Life Female Poland Geriatrics and Gerontology business self-efficacy Demography |
| Zdroj: | Clinical Interventions in Aging |
| ISSN: | 1178-1998 |
| DOI: | 10.2147/cia.s141576 |
| Popis: | Halina ZieliÅska-WiÄczkowska Department of Pedagogy and Nursing Didactics, Nicolaus Copernicus University Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Bydgoszcz, Poland Purpose: The aim of the study was to identify personal resources, including health-related resources, sense of self-efficacy, attitude to life (optimism/pessimism) and self-assessment, and to determine their relationship with satisfaction with life in members of the Universities of the Third Age (U3As) in Poland. The impact of sociodemographic factors was analyzed. Materials and methods: The study included 320 participants of U3As; their mean age was 67.5 years and the vast majority of them were women (92.5%). The study was a screening test based on a diagnostic survey using validated scales, Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS), Life Orientation Test (LOT-R) and Generalized Self-Efficacy Scale (GSES), and a survey of own design. Results: Men showed significantly higher mean SWLS scores than women. SWLS scores were found to correlate significantly with LOT-R (r=0.411; P |
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