2011 Volume 33 Issue 1 Pages 3-14
The purpose of this study is to consider the relationship between standing balance and psychological adjustment in the elderly from a clinical Dohsa-hou standpoint, using balance measurement equipment and questionnaires and to show a hypothetical model of such relationship. To measure psychological features, ADL, Locus of Control (LOC), state anxiety, and subjective well-being from the advanced study of clinical Dohsa-hou were used.
According to results from the balance measurement equipment, 100 elderly persons were divided into two groups, a good balance group and a poor balance group, and the above described scale scores of these two groups were compared. In comparison with the poor balance group, the good balance group showed higher ADL, Internal control of reinforcement in LOC and subjective well-being, as well as a lower state anxiety. Furthermore, results from correlation analysis, partial correlation analysis, multi-regression analysis, and structural equation modeling indicate a possibility that psychological features such as LOC and state anxiety directly influence the subjective well-being of the elderly, but physical control function, such as ADL and standing balance influences LOC and state anxiety, and indirectly influences subjective well-being.
