Does social desirability influence psychological well-being: perceived physical health and religiosity of Italian elders? A developmental approach.
Aging Ment Health
; 21(4): 348-353, 2017 04.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
This study was mainly aimed at exploring the relationship between psychological well-being and lifestyle, religion, perceived physical health and social desirability of Italian elders.METHODS:
Four hundred and six cognitively healthy 65-99 years old participants were recruited from the Italian isle of Sardinia, where a high prevalence of centenarians is registered. Participants were presented with several tools assessing psychological well-being, lifestyle, social desirability, religiosity and subjective physical health.RESULTS:
A hierarchical regression analysis revealed that the social desirability measure is the best predictor of general subjective well-being, whereas further predictors are age, perceived physical health and gardening. A significant but moderate relationship was also found between psychological well-being, subjective physical health and religiosity, while controlling for social desirability.CONCLUSIONS:
Social desirability seems to contaminate the self-rating of psychological well-being in late adulthood. Moreover, from a developmental perspective, age-related factors, life style and perceived physical health are strictly related to and therefore influence the perception of life quality in the third and fourth age.Palavras-chave
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Satisfação Pessoal
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Religião e Psicologia
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Desejabilidade Social
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Avaliação Geriátrica
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Nível de Saúde
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Saúde Mental
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País como assunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2017
Tipo de documento:
Article