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| Meaning in life as an important component of functioning in old age | | Author(s) | Sanna Takkinen, Isto Ruoppila |
| Journal title | International Journal of Aging and Human Development, vol 53, no 3, 2001 |
| Pages | pp 211-232 |
| Keywords | Attitude ; Self care capacity ; Mobility ; Finland. |
| Annotation | The purpose was to locate different measures of meaning in life in a multi-dimensional space of functioning in old age. Fifty-five Finnish people born in 1901-1914 participated in laboratory tests, a medical examination and interviews over a three-year period from 1994 to 1997. Measures of meaning in life included a sense of meaning in life, a sense of coherence and four indices derived from a life-line drawing. The other measures of functioning were the number of chronic diseases, functional disability, walking speed, self-rated health, cognitive capacity, provision of social relationships, loneliness, depressive mood, number of activities, life satisfaction, and wisdom. The space of functioning provided a novel and illustrative approach to functioning as a multifaceted behavioural competence with meaning in life as an integral part of it. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-020321213 A |
| Classmark | DP: CA: C4: 76L |
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