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| Erikson's Late-Life Theory |
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ego integrity vs. despair fulfilled and satisfied with achievements vs dissatisfaction, bitterness, inability to accept that death is near integrity only achieved when we accept our lives and choices |
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form of reminiscence whose goal is to achieve greater self-understanding evaluate and often reinterpret experiences |
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Peck's tasks for developing ego integrity |
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ego differentiation vs. work-role preoccupation ego transcendence vs. ego preoccupation body transcendence vs. body preoccupation |
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| ego differentiation vs. work-role preoccupation |
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| redefining worth in terms of something other than work roles |
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| ego transcendence vs ego preoccupation |
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| assessing and realizing one's contributions to the future |
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| body transcendence vs. body preoccupation |
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| coping with declining physical well-being |
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| six characteristics of successful aging |
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1) relationships that offer support and companionship 2) personal control of life 3) acceptance of change 4) a sense of spirituality, permitting anticipation of death with composure 5) selective optimization with compensation to make the most of limited physical energies and cognitive resources 6) optimism about health and physical functioning |
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| relationships in later life |
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promotes physical health and psychological well-being quality of friendships more important than quantity friendship with age mates seems most beneficial |
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family, friends, and acquaintances that move through life with an individual provides safety and support some relationships more important than others relationships develop over time |
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| importance of friendships |
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strong predictor of mental health more important than contact with younger family members intimacy and companionship source of acceptance link to larger community protection from psychological consequences of loss |
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| socio-emotional selectivity theory |
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social networks become more selective as we age shift to a more present life perspective, make most of every moment prioritize their social contacts |
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staying in own home loss of control is major factor in adult mental health good help vs. bad help |
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| fosters life satisfaction |
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| spirituality and later life |
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seeking a higher meaning to life not necessarily religion older adults have great value for spirituality use in coping with daily problems source of social support practices associated with well-being and longevity |
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| selective optimization with compensation |
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1) select what is most important 2) optimize or work harder to perform well 3) compensate for impairments |
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| people with more positive views on aging lived 7.5 years longer |
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over 65 have lower rates of emotional problems than adults at any other age less prone to anger focus on more positive events amygdala is more active to positive scenes |
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by minimizing lows we may reduce the highs less likely to feel exuberance depression low amoung young-old but increases among old-old |
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occurs in women more (>50% women widows vs. 15% men) women live longer than men, marry older men married women can expect to live 10-12 yrs as a widow |
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often life's most traumatic change feel loss of identity lose some friends and family must learn to do things your spouse did |
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those who: draw on family/friends for support wives with low self-esteem/most dependence report highest increase in self-confidence |
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those who: have fewer or no friends become isolated from family unprepared to cook, clean, ect men at higher risk of dying unless they find a new mate |
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