Starość − radość czy nie radość? Społeczne, kulturowe i indywidualne uwarunkowania dobrostanu ludzi starszych

• Authors: Agata Chudzicka-Czupała , Katarzyna Popiołek , Agnieszka Łyżnicka

Abstracts

EN

The aim of the article is to show antecedents of well-being of elderly pepole, correlates of quality of life: the notion of happiness and life satisfaction within Polish realities. The work shows two major approach- es in how elderliness is perceived by social sciences, positive and negative way, and presents its sources and consequences. The article concentrates on factors influencing well-being of elderly people and its meaning, proved by various researches and within different cultures. It also gives us a sense of direction and it shows activ- ities which are necessary to improve the quality of life and well-being of seniors, that is critical in order to bring changes for the hurtful stereotypes and to put elderliness within the category of a task, not the category of problem. Various studies were conducted, that prove notion of staying active and useful, especially within social circle, that can be a key approach to create positive changes on how every person experiences elderliness.

Keywords

EN

Elderliness - joy or not a joy?; Social; cultural and individual antecedents; elderly activities

• Publisher: Instytut Studiów Międzynarodowych i Edukacji Humanum
• Journal: Społeczeństwo i Edukacja. Międzynarodowe Studia Humanistyczne
• Year: 2015
• Issue: 1(16)
• Pages: 215-226

Dates

published

2015

Contributors

author

Agata Chudzicka-Czupała

• Instytut Psychologii Uniwersytetu Śląskiego

author

Katarzyna Popiołek

• SWPS Uniwersytet Humanistycznospołeczny, Wydział Zamiejscowy w Katowicach

author

Agnieszka Łyżnicka

• Uniwersytet Śląski

Identifiers

Biblioteka Nauki

2157560