رابطه مراحل رشد رواني- اجتماعي اريكسون با سلامت رواني در سالمندان استان خوزستان

The Relationship of psychosocial development and the mental health of elderly in Khuzestan province

Objective: The main purpose of this research was to study the correlation of psychosocial development and mental health of the elderly in various cities in Khuzestan province. Subjects and Methods: Towards this end, a random sample consisting of 469 elderly included 237 women and 232 men were selected from a list of 600 families existing in Central Computer of Tehran Statistics. This sample was studied on the basis of the Modified Erikson Psychosocial Stage Inventoy (MEPSI) and the Symptom Checklist- 90 Revised (SCL-90- R). For analyzing the data the correlation method was used. Result: The testing figures have shown that there is a positive meaningful correlation between each of the Eriksoris stages of psychosocial development and various mental health aspects of elderly people in Khuzestan. Conclusion: Solving psychosocial development crises successfully is related positively with the mental health of the elderly.