Life Satisfaction, Psychological Well-Being, and Fear of Death Among Adults Aged 45–60: Gender Differences and Correlational Insights

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  • Maryyum Hamid Virtual university of pakistan Author
  • Sidra Bibi Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.67265/jsrd.v1.i2.04

Keywords:

Life Satisfaction; Psychological Well-Being; Fear of Death; late Adulthood; Gender Differences

Abstract

The meta-study explored the interrelations of life satisfaction, psychological well-being, and death anxiety in elderly people. The selection consisted of 204 people with the significative average and standard deviation of 46.21 and 2.64, respectively, all of them being 45-60 years old, clearly indicating that they were of mature age. Performing this study were the people having graduate education who filled in the standard measures for satisfaction, in the forms of online questionnaires, which included: the Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS), Ryff’s Psychological Well-Being Scale (PWBS), and Templer’s Death Anxiety Scale (TDAS). The study employed Pearson correlations and independent-samples t-tests for the data analysis. The study concluded with a small positive correlation between the two psychological traits of life satisfaction and psychological well-being (r = .146, p = .037), and between life satisfaction and death anxiety (r = .182, p = .009), respectively. On the contrary, no correlation was found between psychological well-being and death anxiety (r = .080, p = .256). Furthermore, men reported higher life satisfaction than women with a significant difference (d = 0.53), while there were no differences observed in men and women regarding psychological well-being and death anxiety. The results of the study point out the intricacies of the positive psychological conditions and the worries of existing through the late adulthood period, and thus they imply the need for the culture-sensitive interventions.

 

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2025-12-10

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