Psychological well-being of the elderly: results of an empirical study

Abstract

The article analyses approaches to the definition of psychological well-being of an individual and its peculiarities in old age. The relevance of the problem is due to the growing interest in the positive side of human functioning and the wide spread of terms that reveal the psychological aspects of human well-being. Within the framework of the empirical study the features of manifestation of subjective psychological well-being in old age are studied. The results of the study of psychological well-being in three age periods in old age are presented, gender peculiarities are considered, and the results are described in terms of the level of education and family status of respondents.