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April 24-25, 2017 Las Vegas, USA

World Congress on

Psychiatry and Psychological Syndromes

Volume 20, Issue 2 (Suppl)

J Psychiatry 2017

ISSN: 2378-5756 Psychiatry, an open access journal

Psychiatry 2017

April 24-25, 2017

J Psychiatry 2017, 20:2 (Suppl)

Self-efficacy and self-worth of elderly in geriatric institutions

Melasurej C Francisco

and

Sophia D Rusit

De La Salle University, Philippines

ld age is a record of one’s own life; this is the crucial phase for most. However, there are individuals who believe that old

people retain self-efficacy and self-worth throughout their existence. Geriatric institutions focus on health of elderly, in which,

they have been supported with medicines and therapies by clinician, thus, indicating that these may suffice physical, emotional and

mental health of the elderly. This study focuses on describing the level or degree of self-efficacy, recognizing the extent of self-worth

and determining the significant relationship between self-efficacy and self-worth. It is a mixed method design; a combination of

correlational research and in depth interview. Purposive sampling technique was used to select participants, considering that this

assay focused on elderly in geriatric institutions, it follows that, respondents and participants are at least 60 years of age and must

be living inside the institution. 121 senior citizens took part in this study. Scores from both General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSE) and

Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES) showed varying levels of self-efficacy and self-worth. SE had μ=28.099, σ=6.6262, σ²=43.9067

while, SW had μ=14.9669, σ=5.3789, σ²=28.9322 which denotes that robt (121)=0.3164 is higher than rcrit which is 0.150. Although

this exhibits positive moderate correlation between SE and SW, relationship between variables is weak. Likewise, the p value (p

value=0.000406) is lower than the significance level alpha=0.01, thus, rejecting the null hypothesis and accepting the alternative

hypothesis.