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Positive ageing
— from the political to the personal | | Author(s) | Guy Robertson |
| Journal title | Working with Older People, vol 16, no 4, 2012 |
| Publisher | Emerald, 2012 |
| Pages | pp 149-153 |
| Source | http://www.emeraldinsight.com/products/journals/jo... |
| Keywords | Ageism ; Well being. |
| Annotation | The aim of this paper was to highlight the corrosive impact of ageism on the health and wellbeing of older people and to propose a practical methodology for addressing the psychological and emotional damage. The paper examines published research from social gerontology on the impact of negative attitudes on longevity and health and incorporates research from the realm of positive psychology to produce some practical personal development approaches based on a synthesis of the two. Study findings showed that negative attitudes, largely fed by societal ageism, can significantly reduce longevity. Altering a person's `explanatory style' can produce significant health and wellbeing benefits. The latter is then proposed as a means of countering the former. Whilst each element is grounded in robust research evidence, there is as yet no dedicated research to show that the proposed `combined intervention' will have the intended impact. A methodology is proposed for enabling individuals to examine their negative attitudes towards their own ageing and then use a variety of psychological techniques to ameliorate or replace them with more positive ones, which it is argued, will lead to greater health and wellbeing. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-130104215 A |
| Classmark | B:TOB: D:F:5HH |
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