The Influence of Gender and Age on Selfimage and Self-esteem of Older People
Keywords:
self-image, self-esteem, elderly, gender, ageAbstract
Today, we live longer than we ever have, therefore the importance of older people’s quality of life is becoming more and more relevant. The quality of life is a subjective, multi-aspect construct which refers to the values and meaning of life, life goals, expectations, interests, satisfaction, self-esteem and self-image of an individual. With the research we wanted to determine the influence of gender and age to self-image and self-esteem of the population, older than 65 years. Data collection was based on the quantitative research approach. We used the descriptive causal non-experimental method and questionnaires. We used the Rosenberg questionnaire for evaluating self-esteem, and the Multidimensional self-concept scale questionnaire for evaluating self-image. The sample consisted of 51 older people (65+), 25.5% were men and 74.5% women. The average age of the respondents was 77.0. Univariate and bivariate analysis were applied. The results have shown that none of the average values of each element of self-image is not significantly different according to gender, and that the level of self-esteem decreases with age.
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