مقايسه ويژگي هاي شخصيتي سالمندان مرد فعال و غير فعال و ارتباط اين ويژگي ها با تحول رواني - اجتماعي

Comparison of personality traits in active and sedentary older men and their relationship with psychosocial development

The present research aimed at the comparison between the traits of the active and sedentary older men and their relationship with the psychosocial development. Three hundred older men (age , 60 to 85 years) half ofwbom were physically active and the other half were sedentary participated in the study . The research tools included the questionnaire of the personal characteristics, Eysenk Personality Inventory (EPI) , and Havley Measures of Psychosocial Development (MPD) . The statistical analysis showed a significant difference in the personal traits (extroversion-introversion and stable and unstable) and the total point of psychosocial development between active and sedentary older men. In addition. there was a significant and positive con-elation between the extroversion - introversion trait with the psychosocial development. Moreover, the results showed a linear relationship between extroversion-introversion trait variable with the criteria variable between the activ e and sedentary older individuals, so that it could predict the psychosocial development variance significantly. According to the results of the present study , training results in increases in the personality characteristics and psychosocial development of elderly men