Effectiveness of Psychological Empowerment on Life Satisfaction and Attitudes toward Aging Elderly Women in Tehran

Old age is a significant period in life and due to the development of science and improvement in health conditions, the number of elderly participants is increasing in various societies. To promote the adjustment of the elderly population in the society, it is necessary to pay attention to their life satisfaction and attitudes toward aging elderly. Therefore, the present study aimed at effectiveness of psychological empowerment on life satisfaction and attitudes toward aging elderly women in Tehran city.

The statistical population included all women aged 60 to 70 years in Tehran in 1399-1400. 24 participants (12 in the control group and 12 in the experimental group) were randomly assigned to the experimental and control groups by available sampling method. Using a pre-test and post-test pilot design with a control group, the elderly first completed life satisfaction and attitudes toward aging questionnaires and then performed a psychological application of psychological empowerment in 8 sessions on the experimental group and after the post-test sessions for both groups was presented. Multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA) was used to analyze the data using SPSSV19 software.

Ethical Considerations: 

This study was approved by Research Ethics Committee of Arak of Azad University (Code: IR.IAU.ARAK.REC.1400.027).

The results showed that psychological empowerment training program on life satisfaction (F = 9.673 and p = 0.006) and attitudes toward aging (F = 8.385 and p = 0.009) between the two groups in two stages. Evaluation has made a significant difference. This means that the psychological empowerment program promoted life satisfaction and attitudes toward aging.

Based on the results of this study, it can be said that psychological empowerment program is effective on life satisfaction and aging attitude of older women and the knowledge of experts in the fields of counseling, aging, psychology and health of these trainings can be helpful.