- Psychology Research on Education and Social Sciences
- Volume:3 Issue:2
- Personal growth initiatives and life satisfaction among elderly people
Personal growth initiatives and life satisfaction among elderly people
Authors : Moh BİSRİ, Yolanda Bernidianis PERTİWİ, Nur EVA, Tutut CHUSNİYAH
Pages : 43-48
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Publication Date : 2022-06-30
Article Type : Research Paper
Abstract :The purpose of this study is: to describe personal growth initiative in the elderly, to describe the life-satisfaction in the elderly, and to determine the correlation between personal growth initiative and life satisfaction in the elderly. This study uses a descriptive correlational research design, with a simple random sampling method. The sample consisted of 88 elderly. Data was collected from the personal growth initiative scale and life satisfaction scale. All data obtained were analyzed by descriptive analysis and correlational product-moment by Pearson. The result indicated that commonly the elderly have high personal growth initiative commonly the elderly have high life satisfaction personal growth initiative is positively associated with life satisfaction among the elderly insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(= 0,692; p < 0,01); which means if personal growth initiative of elderly is high as well as the life satisfaction.Keywords : personal growth initiatives, life satisfaction, elderly
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