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.