Journals / Türkiye Sosyal Hizmet Araştırmaları Dergisi / 2020 / Cilt: 4 - Sayı: 3
Super Aging
- Pages
- 37–43
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Abstract
Objectives: It was aimed to investigate “super-aging" and its dimensions, which reveal the success of elderly people regarding their lives aged 65 years and older in this study. Methods: This study was conducted in October 2019 with 78 participants (38 females, 40 males; selected from 210 individuals; ages ranging between 80 to 93). Results: It was determined that super-aging is a six-dimensional psychological, social, health-related individual strategy. The findings revealed that individuals who adopt a super-aging approach strengthen their perceptions of aging in terms of psychological, social, and health to survive. Conclusions: It was revealed that super-aging consists of flexibility, psychological resilience, social participation, consciousness, belief, health dimensions and is an aging approach aiming to minimize the psychological effects of aging by controlling its biological and physical effects.
Özet
Objectives: It was aimed to investigate “super-aging" and its dimensions, which reveal the success of elderly people regarding their lives aged 65 years and older in this study. Methods: This study was conducted in October 2019 with 78 participants (38 females, 40 males; selected from 210 individuals; ages ranging between 80 to 93). Results: It was determined that super-aging is a six-dimensional psychological, social, health-related individual strategy. The findings revealed that individuals who adopt a super-aging approach strengthen their perceptions of aging in terms of psychological, social, and health to survive. Conclusions: It was revealed that super-aging consists of flexibility, psychological resilience, social participation, consciousness, belief, health dimensions and is an aging approach aiming to minimize the psychological effects of aging by controlling its biological and physical effects.