Abstract:

The aim of this study is to find out whether the well-being of people aged 55 and over living in cities vary according to gender, age, civic status, income and sports variations. In the province of Istanbul, Kadıköy, Maltepe, Beşiktaş, Üsküdar, Tuzla district local governments operate social life centers for the purposes of special service to elderly or retirement individuals with a total of 176 participants over the age of 55. Personal information forms with the scale of psychological well-being are used to collect research data. The SPSS 21 program is used in the analysis. In the analysis, independent groups have used one-way variance analysis technique (ANOVA) with the t test. Relationships between psychological well-being and gender, civil state, home and sporting state are studied by the independent group t test technique; the relationship between age groups is studied by the one-way variance analysis technique (ANOVA). There was no significant difference between the participants’ psychological well-being and gender (t=1.10; p>,05). There was a statistically significant difference between the psychological well-being of the participants and the civil conditions for the benefit of the married participants (t=2,39; p<,05); between the host or the rental, for the benefit of the host (t=2,81; p<,05); between the regular or non-sports for the benefit of the sportsmen (t=1,99; p<,05); statistically significant difference. Between participants in the 55-64 age group and those in the 75 and older group, a statistically significant difference was found in the mental well-being scores in favor of those in the 55-64 age group (p<,05) . The findings obtained were discussed in the light of literature and presented in various suggestions.

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