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: Received: 17 August 2023 / Approved: 17 August 2023 / Online: 18 August 2023 (09:18:38 CEST)
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Ruperti-Lucero, E.; López-Granero, C.; Barrasa, A. Healthy Aging: Impact of Social Interaction on Psychological Well-Being in Older Adults— Longitudinal Study. Preprints2023, 2023081309. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202308.1309.v1
Ruperti-Lucero, E.; López-Granero, C.; Barrasa, A. Healthy Aging: Impact of Social Interaction on Psychological Well-Being in Older Adults— Longitudinal Study. Preprints 2023, 2023081309. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202308.1309.v1
Ruperti-Lucero, E.; López-Granero, C.; Barrasa, A. Healthy Aging: Impact of Social Interaction on Psychological Well-Being in Older Adults— Longitudinal Study. Preprints2023, 2023081309. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202308.1309.v1
APA Style
Ruperti-Lucero, E., López-Granero, C., & Barrasa, A. (2023). Healthy Aging: Impact of Social Interaction on Psychological Well-Being in Older Adults— Longitudinal Study. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202308.1309.v1
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Ruperti-Lucero, E., Caridad López-Granero and Angel Barrasa. 2023 "Healthy Aging: Impact of Social Interaction on Psychological Well-Being in Older Adults— Longitudinal Study" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202308.1309.v1
Abstract
The United Nations Organization in its agenda for 2023 approved Health and Well-being as one of the objectives of sustainable development, in this sense, Higher Education Insti-tutions contribute with interventions to improve each human process that generates a healthy life. In Latin America as well as in European countries, studies have been con-ducted to observe psychological well-being at this stage of life. The present study analyzes in a longitudinal way the psychological well-being in three times in people who attend group dynamics programs. The sample is 668 participants, with an age range between 65 and 80 years. The sample has been distributed in two analysis groups controlling for gender and age: group 1 (with group dynamics) and group 2 (without group dynamics). The Spanish adaptation of Ryff's (2006) Psychological Well-being scale α= 0.87 was ap-plied to both groups. The scale is composed of six dimensions of psychological well-being (self-acceptance, positive relationships, autonomy, mastery of the environment, purpose in life and personal growth). Statistical analyses showed significant differences between the two groups: greater psychological well-being and differences in the dimensions of positive relationships and personal growth in group 1. In addition, logistic regression analysis was carried out to test the predictive capacity of psychological well-being by the existence or not of group dynamics, with significant results in several dimensions. With the results obtained, we can conclude that group dynamics have a relevant role in con-tributing to the development of better levels of psychological well-being of the elderly with longitudinal increase in time. Future studies should be aimed at evaluating the value of group dynamics in the way of successful aging.
Keywords
healthy aging; group dynamics; psychological well-being; older adult
Subject
Social Sciences, Psychology
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