Providing a Model of Life Satisfaction of Middle-Aged Women in Arak City based on Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs

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1 Ph.D. student of psychology in Faculty of Humane Science, Islamic Azad University, Arak, Iran

2 Islamic Azad university

3 Assistant Professor Tuyserkan Branch

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Today, life satisfaction is one of the most important constructs which has important implications for most people. Therefore, the aim of this study was to provide a model of life satisfaction of middle-aged women in Arak city based on the Maslow needs hierarchy. This research was practical and conducted by structural equation modeling (path analysis). Among all middle-aged women in Arak, 408 were selected by non-random sampling method. They all completed health status, financial distress, social support, self-esteem, positive thinking and life satisfaction questioners. Pearson correlation method and structural equation modeling using SPSSV19 and AMOSV20 software were used to analyze the data. The results showed that the variables of health (0.12, 0.15 and 0.38), financial distress (-0.18, -0.36 and -0.11) and social support (0.46, 0.55 and -0.18) had direct and significant effects on self-esteem, positive thinking and life satisfaction, respectively. In addition, the variables of self-esteem (0.14) and positive thinking (0.10) had direct and significant effects on life satisfaction. The results also showed that the three variables of health (0.15), financial distress (-0.10) and social support (0.16) have an indirect and significant effect on life satisfaction of middle-aged women. Therefore, this model can be used to strengthen the life satisfaction of middle-aged women. I t is worth to highlight, the principles of life satisfaction, types of social support, health status, financial distress, self-esteem and positive thinking and effective antecedents could be highlighted in educational, social.

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