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| ego integrity vs. despair |
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| according to Erikson, the eighth and final stage of psychosocial development, in which people in late adulthood either achieve a sense of integrity of the self by accepting the lives they have lived, and this accept death, or yield to despair that their lives cannot be relived. |
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| adaptive thinking or behavior aimed at reducing or relieving stress that arises from harmful, threatening, or challenging conditions. |
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| cognitive-appraisal model |
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| model of coping, proposed by Lazarus and Folkman, which holds that, on the basis of continuous appraisal of their relationship with the environment, people choose appropriate coping strategies to deal with situations that tax their normal resources. |
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| in the cognitive-appraisal model, coping strategy directed toward eliminating, managing, or improving a stressful situation. |
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| in the cognitive-appraisal model, coping strategy directed toward managing the emotional response to a stressful situation so as to lessen its physical or psychological impact. |
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| a loss that is not clearly defined or does not bring closure. |
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| theory of aging, proposed by Cumming and Henry, which holds that successful aging is characterized by mutual withdrawal of the older person and society. |
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| theory of aging, proposed by Neugarten and others, which holds that in order to age successfully a person must remain as active as possible. |
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| theory of aging, described by Atchley, which holds that in order to age successfully people must maintain a balance of continuity and change in both the internal and external structures of their lives. |
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| selective optimization with compensation (SOC) |
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| enhancing over all cognitive functioning by using stronger abilities to compensate for those that have weakened. |
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| pattern of retirement activity that revolves around family, home, and companions. |
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| pattern of retirement activity requiring skill, attention, and commitment. |
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| remaining in one's own home, with or without assistance, in later life. |
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