The Mediating Role of Life Management Strategies in the Relationship Between Generativity- Stagnation and Subjective Well-Being in Middle age
Subject Areas : روانشناسی تحولی
bahareh
amiri
1
(Psychology,Faculty of Social Sciences, Razi University, Kermanshah,Iran)
khodamorad
momeni
2
(Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran)
kamran
yazdanbakhsh
3
(Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran.)
Keywords: subjective well-being, generalist- stagnation , life management Strategies, life span psychology, middle age,
Abstract :
The purpose of this study was to identify the mediating role of life management strategies in the relationship between generativity-stagnation with subjective well-being in the middle age period. The research framework was correlation type and the statistical population of the research consisted of all middle-aged citizens of Kermanshah 200 individuals (127 men and 73 women) were selected by voluntary sampling method and responded to four instruments of subjective well-being (Keyes, Shmotkin & Ryff, 2002), Loyola generativity scale) McAdams & de St Aubin, 1992), stagnation scale (Bradley,1997), and life management Strategies scale (Baltes et al.,1999). For data analysis, we used path analysis. The results showed generativity- stagnation has a relationship with subjective well-being through life management strategies. those creators who use life management strategies will enjoy more subjective well-being in middle age. Also, people who experience stagnation in middle age use less management strategies, which reduces subjective well-being. As a result, considering the importance of subjective well-being in the middle-aged, psychologists can take a step towards increasing the quality of this period by relying on the two variables of generativist- stagnation and life management strategies and trying to improve and modify them in the middle-aged and performing interventions and treatments in the society
