The Effects of Family Factors on Psychological Health of the Elderly in District 13 of Tehran Municipality
Subject Areas : Educational management
Keywords: Mental Health, Familial factors, Elderly,
Abstract :
The present study was conducted to investigate the effects of family factors on psychological health of the elderly in district 13 of Tehran Municipality. A questionnaire was used to collect the information which was distributed among 200 old men and women. However, only 160 subjects answered it completely. The study was to investigate: 1) the impact of family support on psychical health of the elderly; 2) the impact of economical base on psychical health of the elderly; 3) the impact of social base on psychical health of the elderly; 4) the impact of children presence at home on psychical health of the elderly, and; 5) the impact of marital status on psychical health of the elderly. In the present study, the data such as frequency statistical indices, percentage, mean were described on the first place. For analyzing the data, SPSS software was used. To answer the questions of the study, the statistical method of regression, parametric tests, variance analysis, and independent t test were deployed. The results of the study showed that there is a relationship between family support, economical and social base, children presence and marital status of the elderly and their psychical health.