For the purpose of elucidating the factors promoting successful aging we conducted a survey in middle and advanced age, and analyzed the correlation between occurrernce of life events and subjective feeling of life satisfaction. The results obtained by multivariate analysis were as follows. 1)The life events significantly related to The life events injury/disease, troubles with superior officers, debts, disease of family member, restructure of home, divorce, discharge, troubles with blood relatives and personal success. The life events improved subjective feeling of life satisfaction were personal success, while the life events deteriorated subjective feelig of life satisfaction were discharge, divorce, troubles with superior officers, faithless love, limited divorce and troubles with blood relatives. 2)In males the life events significantly related to subjective feeling of life satisfaction were injury/desease, troubles with superior officers, debts, divorce, disease of family member, homecoming, discharge, death of spouse, troubles with blood relatives, limited divorce and personal success. The life events improved subjective feeling of life satisfaction were homecoming, while the life events deteriorated subjective feelig of life satisfaction were discharge, divorce, death of spouse, limited divorce, missed of one's children, inconstacy and troubles with blood relatives. While in females resignation, restructure of home, troubles with superior officers, failure of firm, sexual disorde, debts and disease of family member were significantly related to subjective feeling of life satisfaction. The life events improved subjective feering of life satisfaction were personal success, while the life events deteriorated subjective feeling of life satisfaction were failure of firm, resignation and troubles with superior officers.
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