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Article

Prediction of hedonic and eudaimonic well-being in succesful aging

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Departamento de Metodología de las Ciencias del Comportamiento. Facultad de Psicología. Universitat de València. Av. Blasco Ibáñez, 21. C.P.: 46020. Valencia (España)
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Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia (España)
Eur. J. Investig. Health Psychol. Educ. 2016, 6(3), 167-176; https://doi.org/10.3390/ejihpe6030012
Submission received: 3 May 2015 / Revised: 16 September 2015 / Accepted: 29 September 2015 / Published: 29 September 2015

Abstract

Psychological well-being is a construct of maximum relevance in psychology, being the equivalent to health in medical sciences. It is a multifaceted construct, with two research traditions: the hedonic and the eudaimonic ones. On the other hand, the paradign of succesful aging is a good theoretical framework to study and understand optimal aging. Rowe and Kahn (1998) articulated this paradign proposing its three main characteristics: physcal health, cognitive functioning and being productive and socially active. The aim of this research is to develop a predictive model of well-being, both hedonic and eudaimonic, using the sucessful aging parading plus a dimension of spirituality. Main results of the model showed that social support had a significant and positive on satisfaction and to a lesser extent on well-being. Pshysical health was also a significant predictor of satisfaction. An finally, spirituality may also be considered a protector of well-being. Percentage of variance explained of life satisfaction was 23.3%, while this percentage on well-being was 10.4%.
Keywords: Health; spirituality; social support; psychological well-being; life satisfaction Health; spirituality; social support; psychological well-being; life satisfaction

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Tomás, J.M.; Galiana, L.; Gutiérrez, M.; Sancho, P.; Oliver, A. Prediction of hedonic and eudaimonic well-being in succesful aging. Eur. J. Investig. Health Psychol. Educ. 2016, 6, 167-176. https://doi.org/10.3390/ejihpe6030012

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Tomás JM, Galiana L, Gutiérrez M, Sancho P, Oliver A. Prediction of hedonic and eudaimonic well-being in succesful aging. European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education. 2016; 6(3):167-176. https://doi.org/10.3390/ejihpe6030012

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Tomás, José M., Laura Galiana, Melchor Gutiérrez, Patricia Sancho, and Amparo Oliver. 2016. "Prediction of hedonic and eudaimonic well-being in succesful aging" European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education 6, no. 3: 167-176. https://doi.org/10.3390/ejihpe6030012

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