Aging & Social Change: Tenth Interdisciplinary Conference

Abstract

This study analyzes the well-being of senior citizens in relation to psycho-social predictors in Peshawar, Pakistan. In the present review, the focus has been made to examine the influence of several indicators on wellbeing and satisfaction. A multiple predictors approach, based on PLS-SEM, was used to evaluate the impact of different psycho-socio-economic and demographic indicators on the psychological well-being of the elderly. Hypotheses were developed and evaluated for each dimension in the analysis. A self-administered questionnaire was used for data collection. Two standard inventories: Rosenberg Self-esteem Scale and Scale with Life Satisfaction were used and evaluated as a composite outcome measure “satisfaction and wellbeing”, adopting Partial Least Square Structural Equation Modeling technique. The findings of the study indicated that the relationship between the predictor variables and the criterion variable was strong in the model. All constructs collectively were accounted for 67% of the amount of variance in the construct of psychological wellbeing. The result shows that the social circle (consisted of two constructs “Social Relationships” and “Consultation”), as multiple constructs, was the strongest determinant for the satisfaction and wellbeing in the senior citizens.