Psychological and Situational Factors Related to Life Quality Development among the Elderly in Nakhon Ratchasima Province

Abstract

The purposes of this study were to: 1) study the psychological and situational factors related to quality of life development among the elderly, 2) study the relationships between psychological characteristics, situational characteristics and quality of life development of the elderly in Nakhon Ratchasima province. A sample of 400 elderlies were used as data in the study. Data were analyzed using statistical tools, percentage, mean and standard deviation, and Pearson correlation coefficient. The results showed that: 1) in general the psychological factors held true, including mental health, Buddhist way of life and future orientation; the psychosocial aspects, including the internal locus of control and the attitude towards self-care; the situation factors, including the physiological needs  and mental needs; quality of life development, including social and economic life satisfaction, health and bodily function and self-concept; 2) the research had a positive correlation of p>0.01.