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The purpose of this study was to identify the relationship between Physical Self-Efficacy and life-Satisfaction.
The instrument for data collection was a questionnaire in which Physical Self-Efficacy as identified bv Ryckman(1982), translated by Kim(2000), life-Satisfaction as amended and supplemented by Lee(2004).
133 subjects were selected from Welfare Center for the Elderly in seoul by the stratified cluster sampling method.
Among these selected subjects, 133 responded, and data analyses consisted of employing descriptive statistics, χ²(Chi-square), one-way ANOVA using SPSS/PC+ version 11.0.
The following results were obtained:
First, Physical Self-Efficacy differs statistically and significantly according to life-Satisfaction of the Elderly.
Second, Physical Self-Efficacy and life-Satisfaction differ statistically and significantly according to socio-demographic variables of of the Elderly.