Analysis of psychological well-being, perceived health status and quality of life in older adults

Authors

  • Ángel De-Juanas Oliva Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED)
  • María Rosario Limón Mendizábal Universidad Complutense de Madrid
  • Enrique Navarro Asencio UNIR (Universidad Internacional de la Rioja).

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7179/PSRI_2013.22.11

Keywords:

adult education, ageing, psychological welfare, health, interpersonal relations.

Abstract

As part of the educational intervention in social contexts to improve the quality of life of elderly people, to describe the state of this kind of people should be a priority to promote proper active and healthy aging. Therefore, the aim of this study was to analyze, in a sample of 328 participants of Madrid region, the association between psychological welfare, health status perceived and health habits that are directly related to the quality in this part of the life. For this purpose, an ad hoc survey was applied together with the Psychological Well-being Scale by Carol Ryff which sets a model with six dimensions: Self-acceptance, Positive relations with others, Autonomy, Environmental mastery, Purpose in life and Personal growth. The results show a tendency for people who say that their health is very poor; they tend to score higher on Self-acceptance and Purpose of life than those who consider their health as good or very good. Also those who do exercise during their free time get high scores on the scale of Self acceptance. In this sense, those who do exercise regularly score higher on Self-acceptance and Environmental mastery. Finally, elderly people who do not go with other people are less likely to talk to other people about their problems and receive less praise. They get lower scores for almost all of the dimensions of psychological welfare.

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Author Biographies

Ángel De-Juanas Oliva , Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED)

Profesor del Departamento de Teoría de la Educación y Pedagogía Social de la Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia. Doctor en Ciencias de la Educación por la Universidad Complutense de Madrid. En la actualidad es investigador del Grupo de Intervención Socioeducativa (UNED) y del Grupo de Competencias profesionales docentes para desarrollar competencias básicas en los alumnos de primaria y secundaria (UCM).

María Rosario Limón Mendizábal , Universidad Complutense de Madrid

Profesora del Departamento de Teoría e Historia de la Educación de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Es doctora en Ciencias de la Educación por la Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Centra su interés en la investigación sobre las Personas Mayores para un envejecimiento activo y participativo.

Enrique Navarro Asencio , UNIR (Universidad Internacional de la Rioja).

Profesor del Departamento de Educación de la UNIR. Ha disfrutado de una beca de Personal Investigador en Formación en la UCM y otra en la Northwest Evaluation Association (Porland). Centra su interés en la metodología de evaluación educativa y el análisis de la información de rendimiento.

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Published

2013-04-25

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De-Juanas Oliva, Ángel, Limón Mendizábal, M. R., & Navarro Asencio, E. (2013). Analysis of psychological well-being, perceived health status and quality of life in older adults. Pedagogia Social Revista Interuniversitaria, (22), 153–168. https://doi.org/10.7179/PSRI_2013.22.11

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No. 22 (2013): Social Education in prisons

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