Proceedings of the 4th ASEAN Conference on Psychology, Counselling, and Humanities (ACPCH 2018)

Happiness in Elderly: Contribution of Health's Perception and Filial Piety

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Sofa Amalia
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Sofa Amalia
Available Online March 2019.
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10.2991/acpch-18.2019.82How to use a DOI?
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Health’s perception, filial piety, happiness, elderly
Abstract

The elderly is considered as a fairly difficult period. At this time, someone will begin to think about death and a sense of loss left by a spouse, family, and begin to retire from work activities. Additionally, the elderly often feel Empty-nest, a loneliness in life because their children have left home to shape their own lives. To avoid negative psychological effects, the elderly need to increase happiness. Happiness in the elderly is influenced by various factors, such as: health’s perception and filial piety. This study aimed at determining the contribution of health’s perceptions and filial piety to elderly happiness. The sample of the study involved 161 elderly aged 60-75 years old and above who lived in Malang, East Java, Indonesia, who were physically active and had a family. The research method used was quantitative research to determine the effect of each variable. Moreover, this study applied multiple linear regression for analyzing the data. The results of the study showed that there was a significant effect of health’s perceptions and filial to increased the happiness of the elderly

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 4th ASEAN Conference on Psychology, Counselling, and Humanities (ACPCH 2018)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
March 2019
ISBN
978-94-6252-688-4
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/acpch-18.2019.82How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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