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Question 1

What psychological variables are related to successful aging

Answer 1

1)Adaptability to change
2)active/proactive coping
3)stress resistance
4)autonomy/independence
5)perceived control
6)positive attitudes toward aging
7)optimism
8)subjective well-being
9)life satisfaction
10)positive vs negative affect
11)emotional regulation: extent of avoiding intense emotional experiences
12)mental health
13)generativity: producing things that we can pass onto the next generation
14)a life narrative: having identity and life story
15)ego-integrity: satisfaction of one’s life, sense of no regret of choices
16)sense of purpose
17)self-actualization: fulfillment of potential
18)wisdom
19)death anxiety:anxiety of experiecng of death
20)spirituality

Question 2

active/proactive coping

Answer 2

Active coping: ability to seize our stressors so they don’t have as much impact on us

Proactive coping:capacity that older adults have to engage in preventive and corrective behavior for areas of concern
Ie if adults is concerned about diabetes they amy reduce the consumption of sugar

Question 3

Biomedical definition is Inadequate to capture successful aging, Instead we need to adopt a

Answer 3

biopsychosocial definition

Question 4

Aldwin and igarashi adopted the term optimal aging that is more inclusive and replaces Rowe and Kahn’s model:

Answer 4

The ability to recognize, utilize and develop or modify resources at the individual, community, and sociocultural levels in the service of three goal-related processes:

Question 5

Aldwin and igarashi’s 3 components of optimal aging

Answer 5

1)maintenance of optimal functioning, given current limitation,
Recognizes losses and capacity to function well despite losses

2)development of a comfortable life structures
Developing daily life process that bring a sense of comfort

3)and development of a sense of purpose in life

Question 6

besides lack of consensus of definition and terminology, measurement is also lacking:

Answer 6

Biopsychosocial measure argues for objective and subjective measures

Question 7

Rowe and kahn’s model is categorical

Answer 7

categorical: (u are or ure not successfully aging)
Not the best

Question 8

what is a continuous measure of successfull aging

Answer 8

there are degree of successful aging