The influence of activeness and independence on the quality of life of senior citizens

• Authors: Edyta Bonk
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

In this study the author has focused on the impact of activeness and independence on the quality of life of seniors. Activeness is taken to mean the participation in regular everyday tasks. Functional independence is independence in everyday life. Quality of life in old age describes the level of satisfaction with life and indicators of successful ageing. The survey was conducted in October 2013 among four groups of seniors. Two variables determined the distribution of respondents: the level of activeness and the functional independence of the seniors. The study involved 99 seniors from Sopot and Gdansk. Functional independence has a much greater impact on the quality of life of seniors than activeness in as much as independence is influenced by our state of health over which we may always have full control, whereas activeness to a large extent depends on ourselves.

• Publisher: Committee for Psychological Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Polish Psychological Bulletin
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 47
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 338-345

Dates

published

2016-09-01

online

2016-10-20

Contributors

author

Edyta Bonk

• Department of Support for Human Development, University of Social Psychology, Sopot,

Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/ppb-2016-0040