نشریه روانشناسی پیری
سال دوم شماره 2 (پیاپی 5، تابستان 1395)

This study aimed to determine the relationship between happiness, specific scales of hope & the utilization of urban spaces among the elderly. A total of 100 elderly divided into two groups of 50 "frequent" and "non" use of parks and public spaces in Bojnord city in a two-stage cluster sampling were selected. Participants research, completed Oxford Happiness questionnaire and Simpson Certain aspects of Hope. The research methodology is descriptive by correlational analysis and in order to analyze the data descriptive statistical and discriminative analysis with enter method was used. Results show that variables of happiness and hope are able to distinguish groups of "frequent use" and "non-use of urban spaces and diagnostic function successfully for 93% of the category done properly. According to the Wilk's Lambda testing, the maximum difference between two groups, is relating to hope in family relationships, hope in friends relationships and hope in the field of leisure and minimum difference is related to happiness. The use of city spaces in the elderly is associated with a greater degree of hope and happiness.

The purpose of the current study was to investigate the efficiency of mindfulness on dysfunctional attitudes and depression symptoms in elderly patients suffering from depression disorder. The design of this study was quasi experimental pretest – posttest design with control group. The subjects of the study included all elderly women suffering from severe depression in Qazvin during the year 2016 that by using convenience sampling method, only 70 of them were introduced to the research plan and finally according to an objective set of criteria for participation in the study, only 30 patients (elderly women) were selected and matched with control and experimental groups. Patients in both groups received drug therapy prescribed by a psychiatrist and in addition, the experimental group underwent eight sessions of mindfulness. After the intervention in both groups, the post-test was performed and after one month, follow-ups were done. All participants before and after treatment and during a follow-up period of one month completed Beck’s Depression Inventory (1961) and Dysfunctional Attitude Scale (1978). Using statistical methods of one-way analysis of covariance and analysis of variance with repeated measures (ANCOVA) the data was analyzed and the results showed that mindfulness has no effect on reducing dysfunctional attitudes, however it can reduce depression symptoms.

Attention and concentration on loneliness feeling predictor variables in the elderly are an introduction to successful treatment of loneliness feeling and decreasing its serious consequences. The purpose of this study was the role of communication skills, social support and disability in predicting loneliness feeling of the elderly. This is descriptive-correlational study. The statistical population of this study were all elderly in Tehran at 2016. In this study, 400 elderly who living at home were selected by random cluster sampling from different areas of Tehran city. The revised UCLA loneliness scale (Russell, 1980), Interpersonal Communication Skills (queendom, 2004) Social support questionnaire (Winefield, Winefield, & Tiggemann, 1992), and Stanford Health assessment questionnaire 8-item disability index were used to collect information. In order to analyze obtained data Pearson Product Moment Correlation and Multiple Regression method were employed. Statistical results indicated the negative significant Correlations between communication skills and social support with loneliness feeling and a positive significant correlation between disability with loneliness feeling. Multivariate regression analysis showed that 48 percent of the variance in loneliness feeling of the elderly is explained by the communication skills, social support and disability. The results of this study had significant implications about the importance of communication skills, social support and disability variables in the loneliness feeling of the elderly.

The purpose of this research was to investigate effectiveness of group logotherapy on the increase of psychological well-being in elderly retired women of the retirement center of Yasouj has been investigated. The subjects were all the elderly retired women who were registered as the member of this center. The sample includes forty persons who were randomly selected among the volunteers in participating of this study whose scores were one standard deviation lower then the mean. They were divided by two groups: The control group and the experimental group. The instruments which were used in this study Psychological Well-being Scale (Ryff,1989). This research is ansemi-experimental design which has a pretest and post test with control group. After random selection of control and experimental groups, the experimental treatment (group logo therapy) was done on experimental group for ten session (each session ninety minutes and once a week).After doing the treatment post tests were given to both groups .In order to analyze the data the multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) was used .The result showed that the group logo therapy caused the increase of psychological well-being in experimental group in comparison to the control group. The findings of this study have potentially important implication for professionals and special attention to group logotherapy for adjustment of elderly retired women Keywords: group logotherapy, psychological well-being, elderly

Aging usually has positive and negative aspects. Due to some problems in the cultural, economic, social and psychological aspects, negative dimensions can be magnified, leaving negative effects on psychological and physical aspects of the elderly .The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of mindfulness training based on acceptance and commitment on body consciousness and emotional expression of the elderly. The design of this study was quasi experimental, pretest-posttest control group. Thirty elderly women of Behzisti institution of Behshahr city were selected by convenience sampling and randomly allocated in two groups of 15 (experimental and control). Participants filled out the Emotional Expressiveness Questionnaire (EEQ; King & Emmons, 1990) and The Objectified Body Consciousness Scale (McKinley & Hyde, 1996). The experimental group received training for 8 sessions of 60-minute by the Flaxman protocol. Data were analyzed by analysis of covariance and SPSS version 20 software. . Results suggested that the experimental group compared with the control group have improved on body consciousness and emotional expression in posttest (p

Due to the rapid growth of the elderly population in the 21st century, especially in developing countries, pey attention to the physical and psychological needs of the elderlies is essential. This study aimed to compare anxiety and loneliness of death in the elderly with Life Orientation optimistic and pessimistic . This study was causal-comparative. Thus, the two groups of elderly (optimistic and pessimistic of Life Orientation) were compared death anxiety and loneliness. All the elderly population (6041 people) retirement center's national airline Iran (Homa) in Tehran were chosen who were examined in 1394. To collect the data, death anxiety, loneliness and life orientation scale was used. To analyze the data, multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) was used. Analysis of the data showed that death anxiety and loneliness in the elderly with optimistic and pessimistic Life Orientation has a significant difference (P

Mindfulness is defined as receptive attention and awareness of the experiences at present time. Along with mindfulness, spiritual resources are also among the patient's inner powers that play a crucial role in the integrity or completeness of their body, mind aspect. Thus, the aim of this study was to compare the efficacy of mindfulness strategies and spiritua coping skills on the anxiety of death and high blood pressure in elderly patients with hypertension. The study design was a quasi-experimental research design as pretest – posttest with control group). The study population consisted of 62 elderly women and men referred to the daily elderly care center in the city of Behshahr in 2016. The research sample consisted of 30 participants. The participants were selected randomly. For the control group. For data collection, 0ne questionnaire and a tool were used:1- Templer Death Anxiety Scale (DAS)2- Sphygmomanometer: In this study, a manometer was used to measure the elderly blood pressure. In addition, univariate and multivariate analysis of covariance were used for data analysis.The results showed that the intervention therapy of mindfulness and spiritual coping has had a positive effect on reducing death anxiety and lowering of blood pressure in the elderly. However, comparing the two interventions, no significant difference was seen between these two treatment methods.Due to the positive effect of intervention therapy of mindfulness as well as the spiritual coping skills intervention on reducing death anxiety and lowering blood pressure in elderly, it is recommended to use these two intervening method accordingly.