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Age Identification inthe Framework ofSuccessful Aging. AStudy of OlderFinnish People V.O. UotinenTimo SuutamaI. Ruoppila2003 год

Age Identification in the Framework of Successful Aging. A Study of Older Finnish People
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Аннотация: A person-oriented approach was used in a study of age identification among community-dwelling older people. The study was based on 8-year follow-up data; 843 persons aged 65-84 were involved in the first phase of the study, and 426 persons aged 73-92, in the second phase. Loosely, on the basis of the distinction between successful, usual, and pathological aging (Rowe & Kahn, 1987, 1997), participants were grouped according to their self-ratings of cognitive and physical functioning as "Positive," "Negative," and "Others." Participants possessing at least 4 out of the 5 criteria used as indicators of successful aging in the study (no illness or injury presenting problems in daily life, no health problems imposing limitations on hobbies, self-rated cognitive functioning better than satisfactory, age-comparative functional capacity as good, and no signs of depression) were assigned to the "Positive" group. The results showed these individuals typically to have a more youthful age identity, indicated by a lower feel age and thus a lower subjective age-perception score, lower mental, physical, and look ages, and a less frequently reported sense of age weighing on them. Moreover, this group reported a higher ideal age and had a chronological age satisfaction score closer to 0, suggesting higher satisfaction with chronological age. Also a tendency to set the onset of old age later and a willingness to live to 100 years of age were features that were more characteristic of the "Positive" than the other groups. The findings, supported by multivariate analyses, were in line with those of previous variable-oriented studies on age identification, suggesting that an association exists between perceptions of personal aging and physical and psychological well-being.
Год издания: 2003
Авторы: V.O. Uotinen, Timo Suutama, I. Ruoppila
Издательство: SAGE Publishing
Источник: The International Journal of Aging and Human Development
Ключевые слова: Aging and Gerontology Research, Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction, Optimism, Hope, and Well-being
Другие ссылки: The International Journal of Aging and Human Development (HTML)
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