RESILIENSI SEBAGAI MEDIATOR HUBUNGAN DUKUNGAN SOSIAL TERHADAP SUCCSESSFUL AGING

Successful aging is the elderly's ability to optimize all their capacities, select what can still be done and compensate for all existing deficiencies. All people who live long will become elderly, but not all of them can achieve successful aging. Resilience is a determining factor when the elderly are faced with problems in their lives. Apart from that, resilience, a factor that also plays an important role in making the elderly successful in aging fully, is social support. This research uses a quantitative approach, with a correlational research design. The research sample of elderly people who were included in associations or members of the Posyandu for the Elderly included the Ciptomulyo sub-district, and there were also several other sub-districts such as the Gadang, Kebon Sari and Pangkalan Krajaan Malang sub-districts totaling 150 people. By using purposive sampling technique. The measuring instruments used are the MPSS Scale (12 items), an adaptation of the SOC scale from Baltes & Baltes short-version type (9 items), the Resilience Scale-short version (14 items). Data analysis used Process Hayes Version 4.0 model 4 regression analysis with IBM SPSS version 25 for Windows. The research results show that resilience can partially mediate the relationship between social support and successful aging.