Psychological Pain among Elderely during Corona Pandemic in Jerusalem

The aim of this study was to identify the psychological pain among Jerusalem’s elderly over the age of 65. The sample of the study consisted of 80 elderly people. To achieve the study’s goals, the descriptive approach and psychological pain scale were used. The findings revealed a moderate level of psychological pain among Jerusalem’s elderly. Furthermore, there were statistically significant differences due to academic qualification in favor of university and higher degree. The findings also revealed differences attributable to the gender variable in favor of males, whereas there were no statistically significant differences due to the number of children variable. This means that the pandemic caused additional psychological pain in the lives of the elderly.本研究旨在探究耶路撒冷市65岁及以上老年群体的心理痛苦水平。本研究的样本共计80名老年人。为实现研究目标，本研究采用描述性研究范式与心理痛苦量表（psychological pain scale）作为研究工具。研究结果显示，耶路撒冷市65岁及以上老年群体的心理痛苦水平处于中等程度。进一步分析表明，受教育程度对心理痛苦水平存在统计学显著差异，大学及以上学历群体的心理痛苦程度更低。此外，性别变量亦存在统计学显著差异，男性群体的心理痛苦水平显著低于女性群体；而子女数量变量未表现出统计学意义上的显著差异。这表明，此次疫情大流行给老年群体的生活带来了额外的心理痛苦。