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<journal-id>1645-0086</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Psicologia, Saúde & Doenças]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Psic., Saúde & Doenças]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1645-0086</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Sociedade Portuguesa de Psicologia da Saúde]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S1645-00862022000200426</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.15309/22psd230210</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="pt"><![CDATA[Bem-estar psicológico e sentido de vida de população idosa: um estudo comparativo]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Psychological well-being and meaning of life of the elderly population: a comparative study]]></article-title>
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<surname><![CDATA[Francisco]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Isabel Furtado]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Humboldt]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Sofia von]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Leal]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Isabel]]></given-names>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,ISPA - Instituto Universitário  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Lisboa ]]></addr-line>
<country>Portugal</country>
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<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,ISPA - Instituto Universitário William James Research Center ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Lisboa ]]></addr-line>
<country>Portugal</country>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>30</day>
<month>08</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>30</day>
<month>08</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>23</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<fpage>426</fpage>
<lpage>433</lpage>
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<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1645-00862022000200426&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1645-00862022000200426&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1645-00862022000200426&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="pt"><p><![CDATA[Resumo O sentido de vida e o bem-estar psicológico desempenham um papel fundamental na adaptação aos desafios da idade. Contudo, existem poucas evidências acerca das diferenças destes conceitos consoante variáveis sociodemográficas. Assim, este estudo teve como objetivo identificar diferenças do sentido de vida e do bem-estar psicológico de acordo com variáveis sociodemográficas. A amostra incluiu 36 idosos, entre os 65 e os 106 anos. Foram aplicados um questionário sociodemográfico, o Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE), a Escala do Bem-Estar Psicológico (EBEP) e uma entrevista estruturada acerca do sentido de vida. O sentido de vida varia consoante o sexo, idade, filhos, nível socioeconómico e nível de contacto das relações interpessoais de amizade; e o bem-estar psicológico difere de acordo com as variáveis: estado civil, existência de irmãos, apoio familiar, participação em atividades, nível socioeconómico, nível de contacto das relações interpessoais familiares e de amizade. Este estudo elucida-nos acerca da relevância do nível de contacto frequente e muito frequente das relações interpessoais de amizade dado, não existirem evidências na literatura acerca do mesmo e, tendo este, contudo, se revelado significativo para a existência de sentido de vida, encontrando-se ainda associado a maiores pontuações na escala de bem-estar psicológico geral e nas subescalas domínio ambiental e relações positivas com os outros.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract Meaning of life and psychological well-being play a key role in adapting to the challenges of age. However, there is little evidence about the differences in these concepts according to sociodemographic variables. Thus, this study aimed to identify differences in meaning of life and psychological well-being according to sociodemographic variables. The sample included 36 elderly, between 65 and 106 years old. A sociodemographic questionnaire, the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE), the Psychological Well-Being Scale (PWBS) and a structured interview about the meaning of life were applied. The meaning of life varies depending on the sex, age, children, socio-economic level and level of contact of interpersonal relationships of friendship; and psychological well-being differs according to the variables: marital status, existence of siblings, family support, participation in activities, socio-economic level, level of contact of interpersonal family and friendship relationships. This study elucidates the relevance of the frequent and very frequent level of contact of interpersonal relationships of friendship given, there is no evidence in the literature about it and, however, it is significant for the existence of meaning of life, being still associated with higher scores on the general scale of psychological well-being and in the subscales environmental domain and positive relations with others.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[Sentido de Vida]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[Bem-estar Psicológico]]></kwd>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Psychological Well-being Scale (PWBS)]]></kwd>
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