Psychologiczne wyznaczniki zadowolenia z życia osób w wieku emerytalnym
Psychological determinants of life satisfaction in retirement age

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the study was to analyze the relationship between psychological variables (personality traits, personal resources, self-rated health) and psychological well-being (life satisfaction, positive and negative emotions) in those over retirement age. The results show significant correlations between most personality traits, personal resources and psychological well-being. No significant dependences have been found between openness to experiences and life satisfaction. The relationship between self-rated health and psychological well-being seem to be curvilinear. The regression analysis for life satisfaction has displayed three predicators that explain altogether 25% of the results’ variance: the sense of comprehensibility (R2 = 0,18), self-esteem and self-efficacy. Positive emotions are predicted by four predicators that are responsible for 34% of the total variance — the sense of meaningfulness (R2 = 0,25), extraversion, self-efficacy and neuroticism. The greatest role in predicting negative emotions (altogether 58% of the results’ variance) is played by neuroticism (R2 = 0,46). Other variables that are marked as significant ones in the regression analysis (the sense of manageability, intensity of self-esteem and extraversion) play a less important role.

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