INVESTIGADORES
PRIETO FLORES MarÍa Eugenia
artículos
Título:
The personal wellbeing among community-dwelling older adults in Spain and associated factors
Autor/es:
ROJO-PEREZ, F.; FERNANDEZ-MAYORALAS, G.; RODRIGUEZ-RODRIGUEZ, V. ; FORJAZ, M.J.; RODRIGUEZ-BLAZQUEZ, C.; PRIETO FLORES, M.E.; ROJO-ABUIN, J. M.; MARTINEZ-MARTIN, P.
Revista:
Journal of Social Research and Policy
Editorial:
University of Oradea
Referencias:
Año: 2012
ISSN:
2067-2640
Resumen:
Objective: The conceptual framework of Quality of Life (QoL) allows approaching the knowledge of the living conditions ofpeople in order to help establishing policies for QoL improvement. The study is aimed at examining the assessment made byolder adults on their personal wellbeing and the satisfaction with life and the associated factors. A summary of the psychometricproperties of the measurement instrument was also presented.Method: The data came from the Ageing in Spain Longitudinal Study, Pilot Survey (ELES-PS), carried out in 2011 amongpeople 50 years old or more living in family housing in Spain. The Personal Wellbeing Index (PWI), as a multidimensionalmeasure of QoL, was used to evaluate the subjective wellbeing. Personal, social and residential characteristics were considered asindependent variables. Descriptive statistical analysis, ANOVA, correlation, factor and regression analyses were applied.Results and conclusions: The PWI had good psychometric properties and showed the convergent validity with satisfaction withlife as a whole (SWLW). Unidimensional structure of the scale was also demonstrated. PWI and SWLW total scores reached74.5%SM and 77.1%SM, respectively. The best rated life domains were the satisfaction with relationships, safety and feeling part of the community. The SWLW observed signficant differences in gender categories while PWI within age and social status.Both scales were associated with marital status, educational level, household size, current activity status and social status.regression model of the PWI explained 34.2% of the variance through factors on socio-demographic and economic resources,psychosocial, health/functioning, family and social networks, leisure and residential environment. Based on these results, it wouldbe desirable to deepen on this line from a longitudinal perspective to detect the of the influence of changing conditions of the agedpeople in their personal well-being and life satisfaction.