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The purpose of this study was to investigate psychological factors, including anxiety, depression, self-esteem, well-being. Eighty-nine subjects of this study were 60years of age or over and living either in institution or in the community. The data were collected from July 30, 2001 to October 20, 2001 by using structured questionnaire. The instruments were MSQ(Mental Status Questionnaire), the Self Rating Anxiety Scale for Anxiety(Zung, 1967), GDSK(Geriatric Depression Scale-Short Form, Korean Version, Brink, 1982 ; Chojuyeon, 1999), Self-Esteem Scale(Rosenberg, 1965) for Self-esteem, and Affect Balance Scale(Bradburn, 1969) for well-being which is a psychological measurement instrument. The data were analysed by SPSS WIN 10.0. using frequency, x2-test, t-test, and pearson’s correlation coefficient. The findings of this study are as follows; 1. Anxiety was higher in the home-dwelling older people(40.83±9.29) than institutionalized older people(33.03±10.81) and there was statistically significant difference(t=-4.89, p<0.001). 2. Depression was lower in the home-dwelling older people(6.74±3.29) than institutionalized older people(7.41±3.16), but there was not statistically significant difference. 3. Self-esteem was higher in the home-dwelling older people(27.71±4.32) than institutionalized older people(26.56±6.28), but there was not statistically significant difference. 4. Well-being was higher in the home-dwelling older people(5.97±2.38) than institutionalized older people(5.08±2.46), and there was statistically significant difference(t=-2.271, p<0.05). 5. The correlations between psychological factors in institutionalized and home-dwelling older people were found. Anxiety was positively correlated(r=0.374, p<0.01) with depression and negatively correlated with self-esteem(r=-0.296, p<0.01) and well-being(r=-0.287, p<0.01). Depression was negatively correlated in self-esteem(r=-0.448, p<0.01) and well-being(r=-0.500, p<0.01). There was positive correlation between self-esteem and well-being(r=0.498, p<0.01).
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