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Married & Wise - A Correlational Study of Wisdom, Well-Being, and Resilience in Relation to Gender, Age and Marital Status
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Moh'd Shoqeirat; Ahmed Almatarneh; Mohammad Alkhawaldeh; Mamduh Alzaben; Salwa Al Majali; Abdulnaser Algaralleh – Journal of Social Studies Education Research, 2023
Wisdom, well-being, and resilience are essential for individuals to effectively cope with life's adversities. This study aims to examine the relationship between wisdom, well-being, and resilience within a sample of 223 participants (60 males and 163 females) aged between 18 and 65 years. Moreover, gender, age, and marital status were examined in…
Descriptors: Well Being, Resilience (Psychology), Sex, Age
Predicting Positive Well-Being in Older Men and Women
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Waddell, Erin L.; Jacobs-Lawson, Joy M. – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 2010
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of background, psychological, and social variables on older adults' well-being, and how this may differ for men and women. Participants included 800 adults from the 2002 Health and Retirement Study (HRS), aged 60 to 101 years old (M = 71.22, SD = 8.46), who completed the optional positive…
Descriptors: Marital Status, Self Evaluation (Individuals), Older Adults, Well Being
What Is the Structure of South African Happiness Equations? Evidence from Quality of Life Surveys
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Hinks, Timothy; Gruen, Carola – Social Indicators Research, 2007
The issue of what determines subjective well-being has been at the centre of a recent flurry of research in the economics field. A necessary part of this understanding is the role relative positions (economic, social, geographic) of economic agents, particularly individuals, play in life (commonly referred to in the literature as rivalry). In this…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Well Being, Self Disclosure (Individuals), Socioeconomic Status
The Subjective Well-Being of the Previously Married: The Importance of Unmarried Cohabitation and Time since Widowhood or Divorce.
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Mastekaasa, Arne – Social Forces, 1994
Data from an extensive survey of the entire adult population of one rural Norwegian county indicate that married persons had the highest level of subjective well-being, followed by widowed persons. Among the formerly married, cohabitation was associated with substantially higher levels of well-being, but the importance of cohabitation depended on…
Descriptors: Age, Cohabitation, Divorce, Foreign Countries
Social Integration and Mental Health of the Aged.
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Deimling, Gary T.; Harel Zev – 1983
Social support has been found to be positively related to well being in elderly individuals. To examine the effects of social integration (social resources, social interaction, and perceived adequacy of resources), and health, age, marital status, and socioeconomic status (SES) on mental health among urban elderly individuals, 1,727 persons from…
Descriptors: Age, Attitudes, Interpersonal Relationship, Marital Status
A Study of Family Support, Friendship, and Psychological Well-Being among Older Women in Hong Kong
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Siu, Oi-Ling; Phillips, David R. – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 2002
The "dual-channel" hypothesis (Lawton, 1996), which suggests the dual-antecedent pattern for positive and negative aspects of psychological well-being, was tested by examining the differential relationships between objective and subjective measures of family support (family contact, family quality, perceived importance of family) and…
Descriptors: Family (Sociological Unit), Social Support Groups, Foreign Countries, Psychology