Journal of Counseling Research

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This study examined the effectiveness of Kateria laughter therapy on increasing the level of General health in elderly man living in nursing homes. This is a semi-empirical study consisting of a pre-test and a post-test in which two Groups. The sample of this research includes 30 male elderly that lived in Hashemi-Nezhad nursing home. The Goldberg's General Health Questionnaire was used in this research. For analyzing the data, multi analysis of variance (MANOVA) and covariance were used. The results showed significant improvement in increasing the level of General health, social functioning and reduction in depression and somatization, anxiety and sleep disturbance.

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The Interpersonal Conflicts of Married People Obliged to Care for their Old Parents: A Qualitative Study
Abstract
Objective: This survey aims to identify interpersonal conflicts of the married people obliged to take care of their old parents.
Methodology: This survey was conducted by adopting qualitative method and phenomenological approach. Participants of this survey were married people with children who lived in Qom City during 2016 and took care of their old parents. The statistical sample includes 13 individuals (n=8 female and n=5 male) selected through objective sampling method. The size was determined through saturation principle. Data collection was done through semi-structured interview and analysis of collected data was done based on Collaizi's seven-step method. The method includes a range of steps from reading interview transcriptions to validation of findings.
Findings: The interpersonal conflicts that participants experienced were categorized into four classes namely siblings' conflicts (disagreement and maladjustment), marital conflicts (marital deprivations, maladjustment, promotion of bad moods and tripartite conflicts), parent-child conflict (low attention to children, maladjustment, problems of young children, tripartite conflict), and child-parent conflicts (enmeshment, maladjustment).
Conclusion: Findings of present survey suggest that caring after old parent(s) by their adult children may contribute to certain interpersonal conflicts between such adults and their own children. However, comparison of current findings with conclusions of previous surveys suggest that this issue is not an absolute as other factors such as socioeconomic status, familial condition, parent’s previous attention to his/her child, and children’s normal and motivational beliefs affect the event.
        Keywords: Interpersonal Conflicts, Married People, Care, Old Parents.
 

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Aim: Aging is an inevitable period of every person's life. With the advancement of science and the improvement of health conditions, the number of elderly people in different societies is increasing, and the correct recognition and response to this period of life can improve the quality of life. The current research was conducted with the aim of predicting the quality of life of the elderly based on life expectancy and resilience. Methods: The current research method was a correlational-descriptive and the statistical population of the current research consisted of the elder individuals living in Tehran's nursing homes full-time in 1400, who were selected by cluster random sampling. To collect data, Snyder's life expectancy questionnaire, World Health Organization's short quality of life scale, and Connor and Davidson's resilience scale were used. The data were analyzed using stepwise regression analysis. Findings: The results of stepwise regression analysis showed that life expectancy explains up to 30.6% and resilience up to 37.5% of the variance of quality of life. Conclusion: It can be said that in order to increase the quality of life of the elderly, the growth and improvement of the level of life expectancy and resilience of this segment of the society should be provided.