Wellbeing among Elderly in Indonesia and China
| Main Authors: | Go, setiasih, Pudjibudojo, Jatie K., Wijaya, Indra, Indramawan, Adi Satria, Mushtaq, Tayyiba, Xuejiao, Chen, Xiaoyu, Feng |
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| Other Authors: | Purba , Herison |
| Format: | BookSection PeerReviewed application/pdf |
| Terbitan: |
Faculty of Psychology Universitas Airlangga
, 2013
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| Online Access: |
http://repository.ubaya.ac.id/7015/1/Wellbeing%20Among%20Elderly_2013.pdf http://repository.ubaya.ac.id/7015/ |
Daftar Isi:
- Place and duration where the person lives influenced how he/she thinks and behaves. How the person thinks or evaluates about his/her life known as subjective wellbeing (Diener,2009). Problem of this research is how is the wellbeing of elderly (age 60 and over) who live in Surabaya-Indonesia and in Hangzhou-China. Is there any significant difference of wellbeing among elderly in Indonesia and China? In this research, Psychological Wellbeing (PWB) scale used for measuring wellbeing of elderly (Diener et al., 2009). Results indicated that mean of age of elderly in Indonesia=68,66 years; SD=6,497 (N=101). In China mean of age of elderly=70,75 years; SD=7,658 (N=92). Statistical analysis with independent samples t-test showed there is significant differencebetween wellbeing elderly in Indonesia and China. Wellbeing elderly in China (mean=41,110; SD=4.710) is higher than Indonesia (mean=23,95; SD=3,822). Context where individual lives makes a different life ssryle, also different way of thinking andfeeling about himself or his environmentFinally the way of life influenced elderly wellbeing.