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Introduction: Aging is one of the most important changes in people's lives and it seems that physical activity is one of the most effective factor in improving the quality of all aspects of the life of this era. Therefore, the purpose of this research is to assess the effect of physical activities on the quality of life, hope and life satisfaction among the elderly in Ilam city by using path analysis method.  
Method: In this research is descriptive- analytical method. Statistical population includes those who are aged 60 and above in Ilam city which 200(144 men and 56 women) of them were selected as sample population by using stratified sampling. In order to collect information we used international Physical Activities (IPAQ), Short Health Form Survey (SF-36), Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS) and Adult Hope Scale (AHS) questionnaires. The data were analyzed using SPSS-22 and AMOS-20.
Results: Findings showed that physical activity has effects on the different aspects of the quality of life by 0/34 of path coefficient on the physical aspects of the quality of life, by 0/30 of path coefficient on the psychological aspects of the quality of life, by 0/30 of path coefficient on the hope in life and by 0/25 of path coefficient on the life satisfaction.
Conclusion: Physical activities affect the quality of the life and having hope in life among the elderly, therefore, carrying out a regular physical activity in the retirement Caring centers and parks can be used as a tool to increase the elderly health and life development.

 

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Introduction: Elderly people face problems such as poor mental health, satisfaction and low life expectancy and reduced happiness. The effectiveness of happiness education has also been confirmed in the improvement of some psychological problems. The aim of the present study was to determine the effectiveness of Lyubomirsky happiness training on mental health, life satisfaction, life expectancy and happiness in elderly women in Shahreza.
 Method: Present research was a quasi-experimental (pretest-posttest with a control group), The statistical population of this study included all elderly women living in the home of the city of Shahreza in 2016-2017 which 30 people selected using available sampling method and they were randomly divided into two experimental and control groups (15 individuals for each group). Both groups Completed Goldberg and Hiller's General Health Questionnaire (1979), Life Satisfaction of Diner et al. (1985), Life expectancy of Snyder et al. (1991) and Happiness of Oxford (1989), in the three stages of pre-test, post-test and one month follow up. Lyubomirsky Happiness Training (2008) was conducted in groups during six sessions (weekly one-hour session for six weeks). Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics including mean and standard deviation and inferential statistics including variance analysis with repeated-measures using SPSS version 20 software.
Results: The results of variance analysis with repeated-measures showed that the mean scores of mental health (p=0.028), life satisfaction (p=0.042), life expectancy (p=0.001) and happiness (p=0.005) of elderly in experimental group compared to control group increased in the post-test and follow-up stages to the pre-test stage.
Conclusion: Regarding the fact that Lyubomirsky's happiness training has an impact on improving mental health, improving life satisfaction and life expectancy, as well as increasing the happiness of the elderly, therefore, it is recommended to use this methodology to improve the variables discussed in aging centers.

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Introduction: Due to the growth of aging population in the country, this group faces increasing problems. Considering the importance of improving the health of the elderly and the need to pay attention to the components of health promotion, especially mental health, There will be expected steps to be taken in this regard. One of the things that helps mental health in the elderly is having a life satisfaction. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between between the self-worth and Beliefs in a just world with life satisfaction of elderly People in the Esfarayen city, Iran.
Method: The research was a descriptive-correlational study. The statistical population of the study was all retired elderly people of the government offices in Esfarayen city in the year 2017-2018 who were 55 to 65 years old. 330 students were selected by available sampling. The research instruments were Just World Scale, Contingencies of Self-Worth Scale and life Satisfaction index. Data were analyzed using Pearson correlation coefficient and multiple regression.
Results: The results of correlation coefficient showed that the correlation between self-worth and life satisfaction was 0.381. Also the correlation between belief in the fair world with life satisfaction was 0.413. All the cor­relations were significant at the level of 0.001. Also, multiple regression analysis showed that predictor variables explained 56% of variance in Satisfaction with Life.
Conclusion: results indicate that self-worth and belief in the fair world have significant and positive correlation with satisfaction with life.Thus, it seems that developing a sense of self-worth and having a belief in the fair world can make life satisfaction.

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Introduction:  The world's population is rapidly rising to aging, and in the meantime, factors such as emotional intelligence and psychological capital are linked to life satisfaction in old age; the purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between emotional intelligence and psychological capital with life satisfaction of elderly people in Mahabad.
Method: The present research is a descriptive and correlational study.  The community consisted of all 65 year olds above the city of Mahabad, which were 10800 people. 412 people were selected as the final sample by available sampling method.  The instruments for collecting information were the psychological capital questionnaire (Luthans, 2007), emotional intelligence (Bradberry, Greaves, 2006) and life satisfaction (Diener, 1985). The data were analyzed by Pearson correlation coefficient and Inter regression, using SPSS version 23 software.
Results: The results showed that all components of emotional intelligence (including self-awareness, self-management, and social awareness and relationship management) have a positive correlation with life satisfaction (p < 0.01). There is a positive correlation between the components of psychological capital (self-efficacy, hope, resilient, optimism) with life satisfaction (p = 0.01). Also, the results of regression analysis showed that emotional intelligence and psychological capital can predict life satisfaction and 35.1% of life satisfaction variance is explained by these variables.
Conclusion: Emotional intelligence and psychological capital can be learned and acquired throughout life; therefore, by teaching these two variables, life satisfaction can be increased in old age.

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Introduction: With the increase of the elderly in the current era, mental health specialists have always looked for psychological sources to improve the quality of life of the elderly. So, the present study aimed to analyze the structural relationships between the psychological hardiness and life satisfaction of the elderly with the mediating role of religious commitment.
Methods: The design of this research is descriptive of correlational and basic in terms of purpose. In this study, hardiness was considered as an exogenous variable, life satisfaction as an endogenous variable and religious commitment as an intermediate variable. The number of samples was estimated to be 381 people according to the population of the statistical population of elderly retirees in Gilan province and referring to Morgan table, and by single-stage cluster sampling. The research instruments included the Worthington Religious Commitment Inventory-10, the Wood, Wylie, and Sheafor’s Life Satisfaction Index Z, and the Ahwaz Hardiness Inventory. For data analysis, Pearson correlation coefficient and structural equation modeling were used with version 22 of SPSS and AMOS software.
Results: Results revealed that hardiness has no significant increasing effect on life satisfaction and religious commitment (P<0/05), whereas satisfaction was significantly increased with an increase in religious commitment (P<0/01). As the effect of the independent variable was not significant on the mediating variable, the mediating role of religious commitment is not confirmed.
Conclusions: Based on these results, it can be said that by strengthening religious commitment, it is possible to increase life satisfaction in order to improve mental well-being in the elderly.

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Introduction: In recent years, the distribution of the country's population has changed towards older ages, and the aging phenomenon can be seen in Iran as in other parts of the world. Considering the increasing trend of the share of the elderly in the country's total population, the present study was conducted with the aim of investigating the effect of basic psychological needs on life satisfaction with regard to the mediating role of emotional empathy and resilience in elderly women. Method: The present research method was descriptive and correlation type. The statistical population of the research included all the elderly women living in the nursing home of Shiraz city in 2023. then 210 of whom were selected by available sampling. The research tools included Deci & Ryan’s basic psychological needs questionnaires of (2000), Diener's life satisfaction questionnaire (1985), Davis' emotional empathy questionnaire (1983) and Connor & Davidson’s resilience questionnaire (2003). Pearson's correlation test and structural equation modeling were used to analyze the data.The indirect effects were tested using the bootstrap procedure. Results: The results showed that basic psychological needs had a direct effect on life satisfaction and indirectly, through resilience and emotional empathy, on life satisfaction (p-value <0.01). Conclusions: Based on the findings of this research, it can be concluded that the increase in emotional empathy and resilience among the elderly provides their basic needs and leads to an increase in life satisfaction.