Purpose: This research was conducted with the aim of predicting life satisfaction based on attitude towards illness and feeling lonely with the mediation of emotional balance and mental satisfaction in the elderly.
Materials and methods: The research method was correlational, and the statistical population was made up of elderly people living in nursing homes in 1401. According to the modeling method, the sample size was 340 people who were selected by random quota method. Data collection tools include: Wally and Shifur's Life Satisfaction Scale (1969), Kellner's Disease Attitude (1985), Russell's Feeling of Loneliness (1978), Bradburn's Emotional Balance (1969), Peter Klug's Mental Endurance (1982). In the data analysis method, descriptive statistics indicators as well as structural equation test and path analysis were used.
Findings: The research findings indicated that there was a positive and significant relationship between life satisfaction and attitude towards illness. There has been a positive and significant relationship between life satisfaction and loneliness. There has been a positive and significant relationship between life satisfaction and mental endurance. There has been a positive and significant relationship between life satisfaction and each of the variables of emotional balance and mental endurance.
Conclusion: Therefore, the attitude towards illness and the feeling of loneliness with the mediation of emotional balance and mental endurance have been predictors of life satisfaction.