en تخصصي Special پژوهشي Research <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""><b><span style="font-size:9.5pt">Introduction:</span></b> <span style="font-size:9.5pt">As the elderly population grows, addressing the challenges of aging, including social health, becomes increasingly important. This study aimed to examine the relationship between life experiences, positive feelings toward a spouse, and social health in older adults.</span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="line-height:normal"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""><b><span style="font-size:9.5pt">Methods:</span></b> <span style="font-size:9.5pt">This descriptive-correlational study involved 298 older adults referred to welfare centers in Tehran, Iran, in 2020. Participants completed the Social Well-Being Questionnaire, the Life Experience Survey, and the Positive Feelings Questionnaire. Data were analyzed using structural equation modeling with AMOS software.</span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="text-autospace:none"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""><b><span style="font-size:9.5pt">Results:</span></b> <span style="font-size:9.5pt">The results indicated a significant negative direct effect of life experiences on social health dimensions (social acceptance, integration, contribution, coherence, and cohesion) (p < 0.05). Additionally, positive feelings toward a spouse (kissing, cuddling, reduced loneliness, and touch) significantly mediated the relationship between life experiences and social health (p < 0.05).</span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="tab-stops:473.4pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""><b><span style="font-size:9.5pt">Conclusion</span></b><span style="font-size:9.5pt">: These findings suggest that older adults can enhance their social health by acquiring knowledge about life experiences and cultivating positive feelings toward their spouses. The implications of this research can inform interventions aimed at improving the social health of older adults.</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt"></span></span></span></span></span></div> Social Health, Life Experiences, Positive Feelings Towards Spouse, Aged 30 37 http://ehj.ssu.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-479-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Maleehe Zamanpour No Department of Psychology, Arak Branch, Islamic Azad University, Arak, Iran Zabih Pirani z-pirani@iau-arak.ac.ir https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0788-0744 Yes Department of Psychology, Arak Branch, Islamic Azad University, Arak, Iran Moslem Abbasi No 2. Department of Psychology, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Salman Farsi University, Kazeroon, Fars, Iran Davood Taqvai No Department of Psychology, Arak Branch, Islamic Azad University, Arak, Iran