The Self-esteem Of The Elderly Engaged In Different Roles And Activities The Case Of Residents Of Yeka And Addis Ketema Sub Cities In Addis Ababa

Activity theory is the most prominent psychological theory of aging. This theory statesrnthat aging is a gradual shrinking away of the elderly from the previously assumed rolesrnand hence replacement of the relinquished roles by the new ones is likely to help thernelderly to have meaning in life, increases their life satisfaction and boosts their Self-rnesteem. Th us roles that are lost at the time of old age should be substituted by newrnroles and activities.rnIn light of this, it was hypothesized that the elderly having currently involved inrndifferent type of roles have better self-esteem, and more importantly that this isrnespecially possible if role induction is a matter of choice than necessity.rnA total of 22 7 elderly of age 55 years and above were consideredfrom Yeka and AddisrnKetema suh-cities to fill a questionnaire constructed to identify the type of rolesrnassumed, level of engagements, reason of engagement and also assess their Self-rnesteem. The finding indicated that the elderly with multiple roles have the highest self-rnesteem and engagement in work role has no significant difference on Self-este em. Thosernengaged in work roles by choice have the better self-esteem than those who arernengaged by necessity and those engaged in family and social cultural roles have thernhighest Self-esteem than those engaged in work roles and those who are not involved.rnA ccordingfy it is recommended that the elderly should be encouraged to participate inrnmultiple roles and by their choice

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