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Factors associated with optimal ageing
— a review of some original research | | Author(s) | Michael J Lowis, Anthony C Edwards, Mary Burton |
| Journal title | PSIGE Newsletter, no 107, April 2009 |
| Publisher | Psychologists' Special Interest Group in Elderly People - PSIGE, British Psychological Society, April 2009 |
| Pages | pp 63-71 |
| Source | http://www.psige.org.uk |
| Keywords | Ageing process ; Well being ; Research Reviews. |
| Annotation | A research team of psychologists and occupational therapists at the University of Northampton (TUON) has already made a number of contributions to the literature on factors associated with 'optimal ageing', a term they use in preference to 'successful ageing'. This article reviews TUON research programme studies, including one using Erikson's (1963) Theory of Psychosocial Development; and another exploring the role of religion in mediating a potentially traumatic event. Investigations have also been carried out at TUON on productive and leisure pursuits, pre-retirement occupation, and older people's living arrangements, to assess the relationship between these and self-rated health. An about to be published study seeks support for some of the earlier findings with a survey on retired people who are still living independently. Thus, a number of variables that are significantly associated with optimal ageing have been identified. The research programme described in this article continues, and a possible theme is intimated. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-090601206 A |
| Classmark | BG: D:F:5HH: 3A:6KC |
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