Gratitud existencial y bienestar psicológico en personas mayores.

Objective: to study gratitude, considerated as an existential attitude, giving a special interest to its possible relation with psychological well-being in older adults. The information was collected through two instruments. Participants: 27 adultts between 63 and 96 years of age, at a residence and day center, selected through incidental sampling. Results show that gratitude, measured as an existential attitude, is significantly related to four out of five dimensions considered in the psychological well-being. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]