Study of the relationship between social support and control source with general health and life satisfaction in the elderly over 60 years old

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between social support, control source with general health and life satisfaction in the elderly over 60 years old living in nursing homes in Kermanshah. To this end, a population of 50 was selected through a placement method. Using GHQ-28 mental health questionnaires, Nurbank's social support questionnaire, Rutter's control source inventory and Life satisfaction questionnaire (SWLS), aggregate data Were introduced. According to the results, there is a positive and significant relationship between social support and general health of the elderly. In other words, the higher the social support of the elderly, the more general health will be. There is a positive and significant relationship between the control source (internal and external) and the general health of the elderly. In other words, as many elderly as the source of control (internal and external), they will have more general health. Also, social support and control source (internal and external) predict the variance of general health of the elderly. Therefore, according to the beta coefficient of social support component, the most predictive power is the general health of the elderly. Also, there is a positive and significant relationship between the source of control (internal and external) with life satisfaction. In other words, as much as the elderly have a source of control (internal and external), they will enjoy a greater life satisfaction. Also, social support and control source (internal and external) predict 41% of the variance in satisfaction of elderly life. Therefore, social support component is the most predictive power of life satisfaction of elderly people, and the variable of external control source is the second predictor of life satisfaction of elderly people.