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itive ageing: the problem of young generation or challenge psihosocialni vidiki prilagajanja na staranje | psychosocial aspects of adjustment to aging
for modern society
Andreja Gerl, Tjaša Tkalec, Anita Dolšak Kos, Andrej Starc
University of Ljubljana Faculty of Health Sciences, Zdravstvena pot 5, 1000
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Introduction: Retirement is an important life event, which brings new life chang-
es. This reflects on physical, psychological and social levels. This reflects on
physical, psychological and social levels. The individual is suddenly facing a fear
for the future, he is trying to find new roles in society and has a lot of insecuri-
ties that ageing can bring.
Methods: A systematic literature search of the published literature was con-
ducted at Slovenian libraries with Cobiss. We also used some databases (Sci-
enceDirect, Wiley Online Library, MEDLINE, CINAHL, Cochrane, PubMed),
where we were searching within ageing psychology field. We used descriptive
method with literature review to make meta-analysis. The review was restrict-
ed to studies published since 2007 to 2017.
Results: Many studies suggest the process of preparation for ageing is very im-
portant for positive ageing. It is important to stay active on all three (physical,
psychological and social) levels, because this is the only way to maintain a pos-
itive self-image in society. There are equally important factors of positive age-
ing: the ability of individual’s time perspective and maintaining a sense of cohe-
sion with society.
Discussion and conclusions: Positive ageing depends on the environment in
which the person lives and works. Different mechanisms, such as the ability
of the thought and behavioural adjustment, maintaining a positive sense of self
and positive view on ageing are very helpful.
Keywords: positive ageing, older adults, retirement, views on ageing,
psychological adjustment
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for modern society
Andreja Gerl, Tjaša Tkalec, Anita Dolšak Kos, Andrej Starc
University of Ljubljana Faculty of Health Sciences, Zdravstvena pot 5, 1000
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Introduction: Retirement is an important life event, which brings new life chang-
es. This reflects on physical, psychological and social levels. This reflects on
physical, psychological and social levels. The individual is suddenly facing a fear
for the future, he is trying to find new roles in society and has a lot of insecuri-
ties that ageing can bring.
Methods: A systematic literature search of the published literature was con-
ducted at Slovenian libraries with Cobiss. We also used some databases (Sci-
enceDirect, Wiley Online Library, MEDLINE, CINAHL, Cochrane, PubMed),
where we were searching within ageing psychology field. We used descriptive
method with literature review to make meta-analysis. The review was restrict-
ed to studies published since 2007 to 2017.
Results: Many studies suggest the process of preparation for ageing is very im-
portant for positive ageing. It is important to stay active on all three (physical,
psychological and social) levels, because this is the only way to maintain a pos-
itive self-image in society. There are equally important factors of positive age-
ing: the ability of individual’s time perspective and maintaining a sense of cohe-
sion with society.
Discussion and conclusions: Positive ageing depends on the environment in
which the person lives and works. Different mechanisms, such as the ability
of the thought and behavioural adjustment, maintaining a positive sense of self
and positive view on ageing are very helpful.
Keywords: positive ageing, older adults, retirement, views on ageing,
psychological adjustment
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