Abstract

ALVAREZ RAMIREZ, Leonardo Yovany; IBARRA, Lizeth  and  ARCIA ESPITIA, Erika. Effectiveness of a program for the promotion of the welfare in the dimensions of the scheme of their selves into a group of elder adults in the city of Bucaramanga. Psychol. av. discip. [online]. 2011, vol.5, n.1, pp.73-79. ISSN 1900-2386.

This survey had as objective to assess the results of a program towards to welfare in the dimensions of: Own's efficacy perception, self esteem, self-concept, self image into a 50 to 95 aged elder people in the city of Bucaramanga (Colombia). Participants were 188, they belong both genders, economical status from 0 to 4 and several civil status and with lackness in all the four welfare dimensions assessed by the intervention which followed a pre-experimental design with an only one group with measure before and after the program. Results were processed by spss program 12.0 version, showing the usefulness of the program getting changes to self-concept with t student values like (t=-11,46), to self-efficacy like (t=-7,5), to self-confidence like (t=-9,95) and to self-image like (t=-11,97).It is concluded that program was helpful to promote welfare attitudes and behaviors in the participants.

Keywords : psychological welfare; older adult; biopsychosocial model.

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