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1- Department of Psychology, Arak Branch, Islamic Azad University, Arak, Iran
2- Department of Psychology, Arak Branch, Islamic Azad University, Arak, Iran ,z-pirani@iau-arak.ac.ir
3- Department of Psychology, Faculty of literature and humanities, Salman Farsi University, Kazeroon, Fars, Iran
2- Department of Psychology, Arak Branch, Islamic Azad University, Arak, Iran ,
3- Department of Psychology, Faculty of literature and humanities, Salman Farsi University, Kazeroon, Fars, Iran
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Objective: Social health is an important element of health in aging, and it seems necessary planning for improve elderly social health. The present study aimed to providing a structural model for social health based on life experiences and intimacy attitudes with mediating role of positive feelings towards spouse.
Materials and Methods: The present study was descriptive- correlation. The statistical population included all elderly who referred to daily and round-the-clock of Welfare centers in Tehran in 2020. 298 people from 27 centers (Ebnesina, Orthodox Elders, Omid, Aria, Anusha, Panah, Toheed, Jannat, Chiloyan, Hazrat Maryam, Sepidar, Dareshkan Stars, Saraye Yahud, Sousse Mayrik, Salehin Farzaneh, Sadra, Forohar Zartoshti, Kamal, Nora, Golbarg, Georg Moghadas , Muj No, Mehraban, Mehrpooya, Mehrgol Haft Tir, Negar, Yas and Arman Shayan) were selected by available sampling method and, they answered the questionnaires of Intimacy Attitude Scale (Amidon, Kumar & Treadwell, 1983), Social Well-Being Questionnaire (Keyes, 2004), Life Experience Survey (Sarason, Johnson & Siegel, 1978), and Positive Feelings Questionnaire (O'Leary, Fincham & Turkewitz, 1975). Data were analyzed using path analysis of structural equation and by Amos software.
Findings: The findings showed that direct effect social health on life experiences (-0.23) and intimacy attitudes (0.54) is significant (P< 0.05). Also, the results of the mediating role of positive feelings towards spouse showed that positive feelings with a coefficient of 0.25 have a significant mediating role between life experiences and intimacy attitudes with social health (P< 0.05).
Conclusion: The results of this study confirm the relationship between social health, life experiences, and intimacy attitudes, with the mediating role of the positive feelings towards spouse. Therefore, the present research findings can be used as an effective model in planning to improve social health in older people.
Materials and Methods: The present study was descriptive- correlation. The statistical population included all elderly who referred to daily and round-the-clock of Welfare centers in Tehran in 2020. 298 people from 27 centers (Ebnesina, Orthodox Elders, Omid, Aria, Anusha, Panah, Toheed, Jannat, Chiloyan, Hazrat Maryam, Sepidar, Dareshkan Stars, Saraye Yahud, Sousse Mayrik, Salehin Farzaneh, Sadra, Forohar Zartoshti, Kamal, Nora, Golbarg, Georg Moghadas , Muj No, Mehraban, Mehrpooya, Mehrgol Haft Tir, Negar, Yas and Arman Shayan) were selected by available sampling method and, they answered the questionnaires of Intimacy Attitude Scale (Amidon, Kumar & Treadwell, 1983), Social Well-Being Questionnaire (Keyes, 2004), Life Experience Survey (Sarason, Johnson & Siegel, 1978), and Positive Feelings Questionnaire (O'Leary, Fincham & Turkewitz, 1975). Data were analyzed using path analysis of structural equation and by Amos software.
Findings: The findings showed that direct effect social health on life experiences (-0.23) and intimacy attitudes (0.54) is significant (P< 0.05). Also, the results of the mediating role of positive feelings towards spouse showed that positive feelings with a coefficient of 0.25 have a significant mediating role between life experiences and intimacy attitudes with social health (P< 0.05).
Conclusion: The results of this study confirm the relationship between social health, life experiences, and intimacy attitudes, with the mediating role of the positive feelings towards spouse. Therefore, the present research findings can be used as an effective model in planning to improve social health in older people.
Keywords: Positive Social Health, Life Experiences, Intimacy Attitudes, Positive Feelings towards Spouse
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