Zadovoljstvo životom i neke osobne značajke kod triju dobnih skupina

Abstract

There are great number of investigation which have shown contradictory results about age differences in life satisfaction. One of the aims of this investigation was to find if there are age differences in life satisfaction. The other aim was to find if there are age differences in other personality characterstics (self-esteem, loneliness, solitude, optimism, pessimism etc) related to the life satisfaction, as well as their relations with life satisfaction in different age groups. Investigation take place in few Croatian towns, and subjects were divided into three age groups. There were 148 younger subjects (18 to 25 years of age), 130 middle aged people (39 to 47 years of age), and 120 older subjects aged 59 to 65 years. Two forms of LIPKO questionnaire, which is consisted of different scales, were used. Results have shown that there are no differences among three different age groups in life satisfaction. There are significant age differences in self-esteem. The lowest results in self-esteem are in die group of the young subjects while the highest results are obtained in the group of the older people. There are no age differences in self-esteem among middle aged and older subjects. Age differences have been obtained for the importance of health goals, and the importance of knowledge and competence goals. The importance of those goals are the highest among younger subjects, and there are no differences among young and older subjects, too. Life satisfaction are in a very high positive correlation with self- esteem and optimism, which could be treated as a reletively stable personality charactesritics, but, on the other hand, life satisfaction are in significant negative correlation with loneliness and future anxiety.