The present study was conducted with the aim of investigating the mediator role of resilience in the relationship between religious attitude and locus of control with psychological well-being in elderly women. The descriptive-correlational research was of structural equation modeling type. The statistical population included elderly women 60 to 80 years old, members of the Center for the Elderly of the 12th District of Tehran Municipal Health Department in 1400. 200 of these people were selected by available sampling method. Data collection tool Riff Psychological Well-Being Scale (RSPWB, 1980). Religious Attitude (RAS, Khodayari Fard et al., 1379), Rother's Resource-Control (RLOC, 1966). Conner and Davidson Resilience (CD-RISC, 2003). Structural equation modeling method was used for data analysis. The obtained goodness-of-fit indices indicated an acceptable fit of the modified model with the data. The results showed that the path coefficient between resilience and psychological well-being (p<0.01) was positive and significant. Also, religious attitude (p>0.05) and source of control (p>0.01) both directly and indirectly through resilience (p>0.01) affect psychological well-being in The elderly predicted. From the findings of this research, it can be concluded that religious attitude and resource-control with the mediation of resilience have a positive and effective role in improving the psychological well-being of elderly women. It is also important to pay attention to educational planning to create insight and recognition of the source-control of elderly women and to direct them towards the internal source-control and to increase resilience and promote their religious beliefs.
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