Psychological Pain among Elderely during Corona Pandemic in Jerusalem
Abstract
The aim of this study was to identify the psychological pain among Jerusalem’s elderlyover the age of 65. The sample of the study consisted of 80 elderly people. To achieve the study’s goals, the descriptive approach and psychological pain scale were used. The findings revealed a moderate level of psychological pain among Jerusalem’s elderly. Furthermore, there were statistically significant differences due to academic qualification in favor of university and higher degree. The findings also revealed differences attributable to the gender variable in favor of males, whereas there were no statistically significant differences due to the number of children variable. This means that the pandemic causedadditional psychological pain in the lives of the elderly.
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12. Youssef, Zainab (2020). Concern about Infection with the Emerging Coronavirus "Covid-19" and its Relationship to the House wife’s Management of the of Daily Preventive Behaviors from the Virus during the Pandemic. Journal of Research in Specific Education, (31), 545-601.
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“Psychological Pain among Elderely during Corona Pandemic in Jerusalem ”, Soc. sci. humanities j., vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 2517–2523, Jan. 2022, Accessed: Nov. 21, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://sshjournal.com/index.php/sshj/article/view/773
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