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Age identification in the framework of successful aging
— a study of older Finnish people | | Author(s) | Virpi Uotinen, Timo Suutama, Isto Ruoppila |
| Journal title | International Journal of Aging and Human Development, vol 56, no 3, 2003 |
| Pages | pp 173-196 |
| Keywords | Ageing process ; Attitude ; Adjustment ; Well being ; Living in the community ; Longitudinal surveys ; Finland. |
| Annotation | A person-centred approach was used in this study of age identification, based on 8-year follow-up data for 843 community-dwelling Finnish people aged 65-84 in the first phase and 426 aged 73-82 on the second phase. Loosely, on the basis of the distinction between successful, usual and pathological ageing, 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 for successful ageing were assigned to the positive group. These individuals typically had a more youthful age identity, indicated by a lower feel age and a lower age perception score, lower mental, physical and look ages, and a less frequently reported sense of age weighing on them. This group reported a higher ideal age and had a chronological age satisfaction score closer to 0, suggesting higher satisfaction with chronological age. Also, tendency to set the onset of old age later and a willingness to live to 100. The findings, supported by multivariate analyses, were in line with those of previous variable oriented studies on age identification. The 5 criteria were: no illness or injury presenting problems in daily life; no health problems posing limitations on hobbies; self-rated cognitive functioning better than satisfactory; age-comparative functional capacity as good; and no signs of depression. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-040108210 A |
| Classmark | BG: DP: DR: D:F:5HH: K4: 3J: 76L |
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