Relationship between coping and subjective well-being of elderly from the interior of the Brazilian Northeast

Dados Bibliográficos

ID4860179
AutoresRafael Pereira Nunes (Universidade Federal do Pará, autor correspondente), Rômulo Lustosa Pimenteira De Melo (0000-0003-0722-2944, Universidade Estadual da Paraíba), Edivan Gonçalves Da Silva Júnior (0000-0001-6890-7870, Universidade Estadual da Paraíba), Maria Do Carmo Eulálio (0000-0002-5596-8428, Universidade Estadual da Paraíba)
Ano2016
Volume29
Fascículo1
Data de publicação2016-12-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoPsicologia Reflexão e Crítica (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0102-7972 • E-ISSN: 1678-7153
EditoraSpringer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1186/s41155-016-0032-x
OpenAlexW2395256506
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas5
Referências citadas31

The objective of this study was to verify how the coping strategies, applied to health problems of the elderly, are related to the levels of Subjective Well-Being (SWB) in a cluster sample of 381 elderly people with an average age of 71.50 years (SD = 8.0), mostly female (73.4 %). The following instruments were used: Mini-Mental State Examination, Problem Coping Mode Scale, Satisfaction with Life Scale, Positive and Negative Affect Schedule and demographic issues. The results indicated that, among all the coping strategies, the most used were the Religious Practices. The Focus on Problem explained positively and the Focus on Emotion explained negatively the SWB. Therefore, focus on the problem contributes positively to the psychosocial adaptation of the elderly to health problems

Coping (psychology) · Happiness · Life satisfaction · Mental health · Psychiatry · Psychosocial · Subjective well-being · Clinical Psychology · Health and Wellbeing Research · Health disparities and outcomes · Medicine · Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction · Psychology · Social Psychology · Gerontology