1. Objectives lder adults face several health and well-being issues [1, 2]. Psychological well-being depends on a variety of factors, including spiritual commitment and religiosity [3-O 5]. Religiosity can improve mental well-being by reducing Death Anxiety (DA). Religion manages the human fear of death by the promise of immortality [6, 7]. Self-compassion is a mediating variable between religion and well-being. It is a recently developed structure that has created a new means of understanding and promoting human well-being [8]. Furthermore, it is necessary to study the relationship between religiosity and well-being in different cultures and religions.
Introduction: Self-Compassion and gratitude can affect the various aspects of the life of the elderly. Therefore, the present study aimed to investigate the relationship between gratitude and self-Compassion with suicidal ideation in the elderly. Method: For this study 378 Elders in Tehran were selected by Non-randomly sampling method. Data was collected using gratitude scale, Beck suicidal ideation scale, and selfcompassion short form scale. The data were analyzed using stepwise regression analysis. Results: The results of the step-by-step regression analysis showed that the F-value in the first step was 69.522 and in the second step it was44.305, which are all significant. Also, the explanatory factor was 53% in the first step and 60% in the second step. Thus, gratitude and self-compassion are capable of predicting 60% of changes in suicidal ideation in the elderly. Conclusion: Based on the findings considering the ways of increasing the gratitude of the elderly as an external power of the individual, also by enhancing the self-compassion of himself as internal power, can the flexibility of the elderly against suicide increased, and consequently reduced the suicidal ideation.
Background and Objectives:Happiness is a positive psychological variable that can affect the lives of the elderly.Therefore, the present study was conducted to determine the relationship between happiness and social support and appreciation in older women.
Materials and Methods:The present study is descriptive. For this study, 384 elderly women in districts 3, 4, and 5 of Tehran in 2020 were selected as the sample by the available sampling method. Gratitude Questionnaire-Six-Item Form, Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support, and Oxford Happiness Inventory were used to collect data.Finally, after 54 times referring to the parks in the 3 rd , 4 th , and 5 th districts of Tehran, the researchers were able to collect the data of the present study and the participants answered the research questionnaires. Pearson's correlation coefficient and stepwise linear regression analysis were used to analyze the data.Results: Mean and standard deviation of the variable of happiness were 26.08±7.38, social support 25.90±7.05, gratitude 22.66±6.30, brief examination of mental status 26.85±2.62, and age 63.75±2.71. The results of Pearson's correlation test showed that there was a positive and significant relationship between happiness and support Social (r=0.78, p<0.001) and gratitude (r=0.44, p<0.001). The results of stepwise regression analysis also showed that social support (β=0.716, p<0.001) and after that gratitude (β=0.213, p<0.001) were able to predict 65% of happiness changes.
Conclusion:Gratitude and social support are directly related to happiness and can positively predict happiness.Therefore, it appears that paying attention to the concept of gratitude and social support in the treatment and counseling programs as an effective method to increase the happiness of older women will be useful.
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