Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences International Journal of Behavioral Sciences 2322-1194 12 1 2018 04 29 The Prediction of Psychological Well-being Based on Death Anxiety and Self-compassion in the Elderly 18 24 81143 EN Payam Varaee Razi University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran. 0000-0002-7538-661X Khodamorad Momeni Razi University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran. Asie Moradi Razi University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran. 0000-0002-5449-905X Journal Article 2018 03 19 Introduction:Elderly is a sensitive period of human life that pose high risk and problems to aged people.However, elderly people who have a high level of psychological well-being will be able to deal with these problems and disorientation. Therefore, the present study aims to investigate the relationship between Self-Compassion and Death anxiety with psychological well-being in the elderly.<br /> Method:The present study is a descriptive correlational research. The population was all old men in the part-time center for keeping elderly in Kermanshah. A nonrandom and volunteer sample of 300 elderly people from the Mehregan part-time elderly care center in Kermanshah (Iran) participated in the study. To collect data, Ryff’s Psychological Well-being Questionnaire (1989), Short Self-Compassion Forms of Raes et al. (2011), and Templer’s Death Anxiety (1970) were used.Collected data were analyzed using the Pearson correlation coefficient and multiple regression analyses by the stepwise method.<br /> Results: The results showed that there is a positive and significant relationship between self-compassion and Psychological well-being (r = 0.61) while there is a negative significant relationship between Psychological well-being and Death anxiety (r = -0.20). The results of multiple regression analysis using stepwise method showed that in the order of their importance,Over-identified, Self-kindness, Isolation, Mindfulness, Death anxiety, and Self-judgment, all together are capable of predicting 57% of changes in psychological well-being.<br /> Conclusion:According to the results of this study, enhancing Self-Compassion and elaboration and implementation of strategies to reduce the Anxiety of Death can enhance the Psychological well-being of the elderly,especially in the center that keep the elderly. https://www.behavsci.ir/article_81143_f5193de07c63a8e6db40c14cad65f3a3.pdf