Explaining happiness in the elderly on the basis of self-acceptance, appreciation and forgiveness with the mediating role of self-empowerment
Aging diminishes the natural capabilities of the body and mind, so elderlies face many physical and mental problems. Reduced level of happiness is one of the most important difficulties. Thus, this research aimed to explain happiness in the elderly on the basis of self-acceptance, appreciation, and...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | fas |
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Razi University
2018-11-01
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| Series: | روانشناسی پیری |
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| Online Access: | https://jap.razi.ac.ir/article_1012_61d2a5e1ac2a68aa0edcf5ab6fe642e3.pdf |
| Summary: | Aging diminishes the natural capabilities of the body and mind, so elderlies face many physical and mental problems. Reduced level of happiness is one of the most important difficulties. Thus, this research aimed to explain happiness in the elderly on the basis of self-acceptance, appreciation, and forgiveness with the mediating role of self-empowerment. The Method was descriptive correlations and structural equations. The statistical population consisted of all members of the Tehran Municipal Elderlies Club in 1396, of which 950 were selected by cluster sampling. The Fordyce Happiness Questionnaire, as well as, those of Chamberlain & Haaga's unconditional acceptance, McCullough's appreciation, Strom's psychological power of Ego, and Ehteshamzadeh’s forgiveness were used. Then, data were analyzed using Pearson correlation and structural equations. There observed a significant relevance between all the relationships (P <0.05), regarding the results of the correlation coefficient between variables. Just, a negative correlation was between worry avoidance component with three variables appreciation, forgiveness and self-empowerment. The strongest relations were observed among these components: appreciation with the self-being, planning and goodness, Self-Acceptance with raising social character, goodness and healthy personality, Forgiveness with distraction, affection, and expression of feelings, and Self-empowerment to the affection, planning, and intimacy. Also, the results showed that the conceptual model of research confirmed the role of its mediating capability. |
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| ISSN: | 2423-7647 2476-6836 |