Interrelationships between the meaning of life, physical activity, social support network, age, and gender in older adults
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| Formato: | texto |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de Publicación: | 2021 |
| Descripción: | Introduction: Older adults attending daycare centers are in an environment in which different variables are interrelated and could shape their meaning of life, among other aspects. Objective: To analyze the associations between the meaning of life, physical activity, social support network, age, and gender in seven-day centers in the province of Heredia, Costa Rica. Methodology: This is a cross-sectional quantitative study. Seventy-seven older adults were recruited from seven-day centers. The variables investigated were the meaning of life, physical activity, social support network, age, and gender. Self-reports were collected and researchers clarified any doubts. Results: 46% of the participants reported a meaningless life and 36% low levels of physical activity. Significant associations were found between social support network and meaning of life (b = .91; p <.001), age and social support network (b = .30 p = .048), and social support and female gender (b = -6.08, p = .010). Conclusions: The social support network is a predictor of the meaning of life and age and gender predict the social support network, but not the physical activity reported in the variables investigated. |
| País: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| Institución: | Universidad de Costa Rica |
| Repositorio: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| Lenguaje: | Español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/47112 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/psm/article/view/47112 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Quality of life Sense of Life Social Network Physical Activity Older Adult calidad de vida sentido de la vida red social actividad físcia adulto mayor |