Farzad ghafouri; Zahra Mohammadi
Abstract
The present study aims to make a comparison between the social capital and subjective well-being in elderly people who lead an active life with those with a non-active one with special emphasis on network-based physical activity. The study is a Casual-comparative cross sectional that implemented with ...
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The present study aims to make a comparison between the social capital and subjective well-being in elderly people who lead an active life with those with a non-active one with special emphasis on network-based physical activity. The study is a Casual-comparative cross sectional that implemented with survey method. Research population was over 60 years old elderly people (men and women) in Tehran which 305 person estimated by using Morgan sampling matrix and participated in with both multi stage cluster and Convenience sampling methods and using researchers-made questionnaire. The results of study indicate that there is significant difference between active and non-active elderly people in social capital and subjective well-being. The results of MANOVA showed significant difference between Network-based physical active older people with others in all aspects of social capital (trust, cohesion and participation) and subjective well-being (happiness, life satisfaction, desert, subjective security, emotions, relative comparison, interests and social perception). This study emphasizes on regular, organized and network-based physical activity in older ages.
