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Is there a process of spiritual change or development associated with ageing?
— a critical review of research | | Author(s) | P Dalby |
| Journal title | Aging & Mental Health, vol 10, no 1, January 2006 |
| Pages | pp 4-12 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Spiritual characteristics [elderly] ; Ageing process ; Theory ; Research Reviews. |
| Annotation | Spirituality is understood as that which is central to a sense of meaning and purpose in an individual's life, and pertains to the sacred or transcendent. Electronic literature searches were conducted to find research published 1985-2003 aimed at understanding spiritual change, themes and tasks in later life. 13 studies were reviewed that looked at changes in spirituality over time, spiritual themes and tasks in a lifespan development context and Torstam's theory (Gerotranscendence - a theory about maturing into old age, in Journal of Aging & Identity, 1996). The research reviewed suggests that some aspects of spirituality remain stable into old age, but that there are indefinable spiritual tasks, needs and changes associated with ageing. Some common spiritual themes identified across the research were integrity, humanistic concern, changing relationships with others, and concern for younger generations, relations with a transcendent being or power, self-transcendence, and coming to terms with death. These were not related to age per se, but to some of the challenges that age presents, and were mediated by cultural factors and individual differences. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-060202247 A |
| Classmark | EX: BG: 4D: 3A:6KC |
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| ...from the Ageinfo database published by Centre for Policy on Ageing. |
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