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Psychology and the older adult: Challenges for training in the 1980s.Applying social psychology to the aging process: Four examples.

Psychology and the older adult: Challenges for training in the 1980s.: Applying social... In this paper we have outlined four areas of recent research in the field of social psychology which have particular relevance for psychologists working in the field of aging. The life-course perspective is clearly relevant to understanding the individual--particularly the older person. Attribution theory has interesting implications for the study of the elderly. Each of the models--Moral, Enlightenment, Compensatory and Medical--could find a place in the treatment and understanding of the elderly. Research on well-being has documented some things that had long been assumed about aging and added some surprising findings. Well-being and quality of life do not depend only on material goods. To understand well-being, as Allardt (1976) suggests, we must consider the trilogy of having, being and relating. We have outlined and considered in detail the four areas of work in social psychology that we found most provocative for work with older people: life-course perspective, social support, autonomy, and well-being. Some implications for clinical practice have been suggested. The transition from social research to clinical practice, however, is no mere derivation; it requires a process of creation and invention. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved) http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Psychology and the older adult: Challenges for training in the 1980s.Applying social psychology to the aging process: Four examples.

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Publisher
American Psychological Association
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Copyright © 1982 American Psychological Association
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207–223
DOI
10.1037/10557-015
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In this paper we have outlined four areas of recent research in the field of social psychology which have particular relevance for psychologists working in the field of aging. The life-course perspective is clearly relevant to understanding the individual--particularly the older person. Attribution theory has interesting implications for the study of the elderly. Each of the models--Moral, Enlightenment, Compensatory and Medical--could find a place in the treatment and understanding of the elderly. Research on well-being has documented some things that had long been assumed about aging and added some surprising findings. Well-being and quality of life do not depend only on material goods. To understand well-being, as Allardt (1976) suggests, we must consider the trilogy of having, being and relating. We have outlined and considered in detail the four areas of work in social psychology that we found most provocative for work with older people: life-course perspective, social support, autonomy, and well-being. Some implications for clinical practice have been suggested. The transition from social research to clinical practice, however, is no mere derivation; it requires a process of creation and invention. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved)

Published: Aug 31, 2004

Keywords: aging; social psychology; life-course perspective; clinical psychology; mental health care models; clinical psychologists; gerontology

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