Relationship between social support and subjective wellbeing in older adults

The main aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between social support and subjective wellbeing in the elderly referring to rehabilitation day centers in Tehran Province. This is a cross-sectional and correlational study. The study population was all the elderly referring to the rehabilitation day centers in Tehran Province. The sample size was 147 which were selected by random cluster sampling. To gather the data, Norbeck Social Support Questionnaire, Philadelphia Morale Scale and a Socio-demographic questionnaire were use. Pearson and Spearman correlation coefficients, chi-square, Independent t-test, Kruskal-Wallis and ANOVA used for data analysis. 80 (54.4 %) of sample were male. The mean age of older adults was 71.9 years (SD: 5.09) and mean of subjective wellbeing was 8.65 (SD: 2.28). The relationship between social support and subjective wellbeing was statistically significant (P=0.002, r=0.273). The findings showed significant relationship between social support and subjective wellbeing. It seems that having high social support will lead to better subjective wellbeing.