Sense of meaning in life of the elderly people

• Authors: Kreczko, Magdalena

Abstracts

EN

The article deals with the sense of meaning in life among people at a senior age. It was created on the basis of a fragment of a research project carried out as part of a master's thesis, the subject of which is the sense of meaning in life in the perception of the surveyed seniors. The purpose of the presented part of the research is to describe the meaning of life experienced by seniors and to present knowledge about old age and aging. The applied research strategy was qualitative tests, and data collection was done using narrative interviews in accordance with the assumptions of the interview according to Steinar Kvale.

Keywords

EN

old age; sense of meaning in life; elderly people

• Publisher: Akademia Pedagogiki Specjalnej im. Marii Grzegorzewskiej. Wydawnictwo APS
• Journal: Praca Socjalna
• Year: 2019
• Volume: 34(5)
• Pages: 45-59

Dates

published

2020-01-12

Contributors

author

Kreczko, Magdalena

Identifiers

DOI

10.5604/01.3001.0013.7257