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Health satisfaction and some personal characteristics of adults

Background: The main objectives of this study were to examine health satisfaction among Croatian adults, and to test its relation with some sociodemographic (sex and age) and personal variables (self-esteem, trust in people, cynical beliefs about people, and loneliness). Methods: 300 adults, 25 to 75 years old, participated in the questionnaire study. The main variables were measured by one item assessing health satisfaction, Self-esteem Scale, Cynicism and Trust Scale, and UCLA Loneliness Scale. The results were analyzed using descriptive statistics, analyses of variance, and correlation analyses. Findings: The results showed that there were no significant sex differences regarding health satisfaction (t = -1.55, p = 0.122). The health satisfaction correlated significantly with age, self-esteem and loneliness (r = -0.33, 0.38, -0.19, respectively, p< 0.05), while trust and cynicism didn&#8217; t correlate significantly with health assessment (r = 0.01, -0.09 respectively, p> 0.05). Discussion: This study confirmed significance of some personal characteristics for individual&#8217; s health assessment.

adulthood; health satisfaction; self-esteem; trust and cynicism; loneliness

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