Hope and spirituality as portals to subjective well-being among geriatrics

Pages:175-177
Ankita Budhiraja and Punam Midha (Department of Psychology, M.D.U, Rohtak, Haryana)

Population aging is one of the humanity’s greatest triumphs. India is facing the biggest challenge because of alarming rise in elderly population. So the concern about the psychosocial well-being of geriatrics is a key research agenda for researchers. The present study is an attempt to explore the level of hope, spirituality and subjective well-being of elderly. A purposive sample consisted of 200 old people of both sex (male and female) age 60-80 years was selected from the urban area of Rohtak city. Descriptive statistics was calculated to find out the levels of hope, spirituality and subjective well-being. Results revealed that high level of hope and spirituality and average level of subjective well-being among geriatrics. Further stepwise multiple regression revealed that hope than spirituality emerged as a robust predictor of subjective well-being. The manifest psychological strengths may serve as a cause of longevity among contemporary geriatrics.