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Summary of Section 1
As the tidal wave of the cohort known as the baby boomer generation begins to crash on the shore of retirement, it would be interesting to understand what factors may best express the personal view of older people that they are successfully aging. The model of successful aging is predominant to gerontology. Positive behaviors and lifestyles choices may lead to enhanced psychological and physical health. Constructive positive behaviors may also build stronger social relationships for the older person.
Adults of any age can undertake lifestyle and behavior modifications to enhance and positively improve their life. Adults of any age may improve their financial material position through a number of behavior and lifestyle changes. Adults of any age may improve their social connectivity through a number of behavioral and lifestyle changes. Thus, individuals may find it highly advantageous to implement a whole system of interaction with their holarchy to attain a higher degree of life satisfaction and increased quality of life. This may lead to the apogee of the awareness that one is a successful ager.
Adults of any age can undertake lifestyle and behavior modifications to enhance and positively improve their life. Adults of any age may improve their financial material position through a number of behavior and lifestyle changes. Adults of any age may improve their social connectivity through a number of behavioral and lifestyle changes. Thus, individuals may find it highly advantageous to implement a whole system of interaction with their holarchy to attain a higher degree of life satisfaction and increased quality of life. This may lead to the apogee of the awareness that one is a successful ager.
Objectives
The following objectives have been developed for this study:
1. To determine if older people who actively engage in a healthy lifestyle report higher levels of the self-perception of successfully aging.
2. To determine if the frequency in which older people believe they have successfully aged is related to positive behaviors exhibited earlier in life.
3. To determine if the ability to maintain social connectivity by older people will lead to a greater sense of life satisfaction.
4. To establish if study participants’ personal views of successful aging are correlated with social connectivity.
5. To establish if study participants’ personal views of successful aging are correlated with physical functional ability.
6. To establish if study participants’ personal views of successful aging are correlated with material resources.
1. To determine if older people who actively engage in a healthy lifestyle report higher levels of the self-perception of successfully aging.
2. To determine if the frequency in which older people believe they have successfully aged is related to positive behaviors exhibited earlier in life.
3. To determine if the ability to maintain social connectivity by older people will lead to a greater sense of life satisfaction.
4. To establish if study participants’ personal views of successful aging are correlated with social connectivity.
5. To establish if study participants’ personal views of successful aging are correlated with physical functional ability.
6. To establish if study participants’ personal views of successful aging are correlated with material resources.
Purpose of Study
The purpose of this study was to examine the interrelatedness of one’s holarchy and their individual belief that they are aging successfully. Self-reported observations of life satisfaction may reveal that the process of successful aging is intimately connected with the total life experience and moreover may be substantially and increasingly influenced through one’s self-direction during the life course.
The active participation in self-directing one’s life may demonstrate a positive correlation with the belief that one is aging successfully. This may provide a better explanation of how one may attain a greater degree of life satisfaction and increased quality of life leading to the perception and belief that one is aging successfully.
The active participation in self-directing one’s life may demonstrate a positive correlation with the belief that one is aging successfully. This may provide a better explanation of how one may attain a greater degree of life satisfaction and increased quality of life leading to the perception and belief that one is aging successfully.
Problem Statement
Social scientists have been searching for an explanation of how to age successfully, especially from late mid-life forward. Successful aging may be related with psychological well-being which may be linked with better functional abilities. Social connectivity may also be related to successful aging. Investigating the interrelatedness of psychological, biological, and sociological phenomena may reveal that there is an interrelatedness of all three aspects in those who believe they have aged successfully. It was anticipated that older people who participated in self-directing and controlling their lives often have the perception that they are aging successfully. A study is necessary to bring light onto the premise that understanding ones holarchy reveals the ability to increased life satisfaction. Having a higher degree of quality of life may lean one towards successfully aging.
Theoretical Rationale - Continuity Theory
The continuity theory (Atchley, 1972) suggests that successful aging is a life-span developmental behavior. The continuity theory is driven by the desire to better understand constancy and change in behavior throughout the aging cycle. What one learns through life experience may suggest an individual’s ability to better cope and understand the varying circumstances his or her life may bring. Moreover, this theory suggests that ones life course development is affected by the behaviors revealed in the diverse features of his or her relation to the environment.
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