Vol. 7 (01) pp. 511-517 DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/8356

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WELL-BEING, STRESS MANAGEMENT AND MENTAL WELL-BEING OF THE ELDERLY PEOPLE IN BANGKOK.

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  • Ph.D. (CounselingPsychology) Candidate, California University, Los Angeles, California, USA.
  • Associate Professor, California University (FCE),Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Abstract

The purposes of this research were: (1) to study the components of well-being, stress management, and mental well-being of the elderly people in Bangkok, (2) to analyze the relationship of the variables components of well-being, stress management and mental well-being of the elderly people in Bangkok, and (3)to analyze a causal relationship between well-being, stress management and mental well-beingof the elderly people in Bangkok. The results of the study show that well-being (WEL), stress management (STR), and mental well-being (MENWEL) of the elderly people had a relationship with the statistical significance at the level of .01. Its probability value, chi-square probability level, comparative fit index, goodness of fit index, adapted goodness-of-fit index, and root mean square error of approximation were 0.055, 1.510, 0.990, 0.970, 0.950, and 0.036 respectively.Therefore, the model of causal relationship between well-being, stress management and mental well-being of the elderly people in Bangkok was relevant to the empirical data.

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Chanunthakorn Kiatjanon, Ornpapha Chutikorntaweesin and Thuchapon Yodthong. (2019); THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WELL-BEING, STRESS MANAGEMENT AND MENTAL WELL-BEING OF THE ELDERLY PEOPLE IN BANGKOK., Int. J. of Adv. Res., 7 (01), 511-517, ISSN 2320-5407. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/8356

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Chanunthakorn Kiatjanon
Ph.D. (Counseling Psychology) Candidate, California University, Los Angeles, California, USA
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