title: Subjective well-being among the rural elderly population.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between psychosocial factors and subjective well-being among rural elderly persons. A broad range of psychosocial factors (such as mastery, social support, and perceived health) and measures of well-being (such as positive and negative affect and life satisfaction) were employed in bivariate correlation, canonical correlation, and multiple regression analysis. The findings show significant relationships between subjective well-being measures and psychosocial factors that are concomitant with other populations, both elderly and general.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Advanced Studies, Curtin University of Technology.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Meddin
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vaux
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006262:Health; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D012424:Rural Population; D012647:Self-Assessment; D012944:Social Support; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014481:United States