Quality of life and its relationship to self-efficacy among the elderly "A comparative study between elderly men and women"

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Department Case Work - Faculty of Social Work - Helwan University

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The study aims to determine the relationship between quality of life and self-efficacy among the elderly. It also aims to identify the differences between the elderly men and women for both quality of life and self-efficacy and reaches indicators of the role of the social worker to enhance quality of life and self-efficacy among the elderly. The study concepts were defined in the concepts (quality of life, self-efficacy). The study sample consisted of 50 elderly. This study belongs to the descriptive studies to determine the relationship between two variables, which are quality of life and self-efficacy among the elderly. The study tools included a data sheet, a quality-of-life scale with four dimensions: (physical health - mental health - social relations – environment), and a self-efficacy scale with three dimensions: (initiative - effort - perseverance). The findings emphasized that there is a statistically significant direct relationship at a significance level of (0.01) between quality of life and self-efficacy among the elderly. It also found that there are no differences between the elderly men and women for both quality of life and self-efficacy.

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