title: [Situational and differential psychologic determinants of personal satisfaction in advanced age].
abstract: The interaction of environmental housing conditions and personality traits on life-satisfaction in late adulthood is studied. "Life satisfaction", "extraversion", "neuroticism", and "locus of control" of 52 persons (aged 65-85 years old) living in different environments (private house, retired home, self organized community) are measured. A multiple regression analysis shows that satisfaction is rather more predictable from personality traits than from housing conditions. The variance of satisfaction scores can be explained, to 64% by the "person factor". In different living environments different pattern of traits predict satisfaction.
authors.affiliation: Universität - GH - Duisburg.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Heineken
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Spaeth
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006707:Homes for the Aged; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D010556:Personality Tests; D011788:Quality of Life; D012931:Social Environment
vernacular_title: Situative und differentiell-psychologische Determinanten der Lebenszufriedenheit im höheren Lebensalter.