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The hypothesis of correlation between subjective well-being and psychological health and its role in late adulthood Subjective well-being as an emotional-cognitive assessment of person’s life is an impor-tant aspect of psychological health and positive functioning in general. The hypothesis of connection between subjective well-being, psychological well-being and psychological health is presented. This correlation is very important in late adulthood for ensuring happy obsolescence but has some specifi c peculiarities due to the elderly people’s age and indivi-dual traits. Subjective well-being is a background for effective inner work of summarizing person’s previous life that is the main purpose in old age. Key words: subjective well-being, happiness, psychological well-being, psychological health, old-aged people, late adulthood. Distinguishing a period of gerontogenesis and studying of elderly people’s pro-blems are explained by a complex of social, economical, biological and psychologi