Challenges of the third age : meaning and purpose in later life /

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This volume addresses issues of the Third Age -- that time after retirement when financial stability and reduced obligations to others, together, allow for freedom -- and good health makes it possible to enjoy that freedom. This title aims to answer questions such as: how, in this special time of li...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Weiss, Robert Stuart, 1925-, Bass, Scott A.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2002.
Temas:
Self-actualization (Psychology) in old age.
Older people > Psychology.
Meaning (Psychology)
Older people.
Goal (Psychology)
Quality of life.
Self-perception.
Aging > psychology
Aged
Goals
Quality of Life
Self Concept
Actualisation de soi chez la personne âgée.
Personnes âgées > Psychologie.
Signification (Psychologie)
Personnes âgées.
But (Psychologie)
Qualité de la vie.
Perception de soi.
elderly.
quality of life.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Gerontology.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Aging.
Self-perception
Quality of life
Older people
Older people > Psychology
Self-actualization (Psychology) in old age
Zin (filosofie)
Zelfverwerkelijking.
Ouderen.
Kwaliteit van het bestaan.
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Sumario:This volume addresses issues of the Third Age -- that time after retirement when financial stability and reduced obligations to others, together, allow for freedom -- and good health makes it possible to enjoy that freedom. This title aims to answer questions such as: how, in this special time of life, is meaning and purpose to be found?
The newly retired are entering a time of life that is virtually uncharted, a time in which they are free from social expectations and, to a large extent, from obligations to others. Life's meanings are no longer provided by work and family. Instead, men and women have the freedom, and the need, to find new activities that they can imbue with meaning. The term, "Third Age" has been given to this time of life during which for most there is relatively good health, financial stability, and reduced family obligations. The problems and possibilities of this "Third Age" serve as the material for this book. How do older people decide how to deploy their continued vitality, now that they are free from the demands of work and children? How do they find meaning in daily life? In this book, scholars from several disciplines consider the way in which meaning can be found in this important stage of later life. They discuss sociological, psychological, and religious determinants of responses to the challenges of finding meaningful activity after retirement.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (x, 206 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780195348682
0195348680

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