Самооценки, ценности и психично здраве на стари хора от българско селско население
Self-Assessments, Values and Mental Health of Elderly People from the Bulgarian Rural Population
Author(s): Ignat PetrovSubject(s): History, Anthropology, Social Sciences, Gender Studies, Customs / Folklore, Local History / Microhistory, Social history, Gender history, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Culture and social structure , Gerontology, Post-War period (1950 - 1989)
Published by: Институт за етнология и фолклористика с Етнографски музей при БАН
Keywords: ageing, older people; self-evaluation; values; mental health; depression; cross-sectional; longitudinal and time-lag studies
Summary/Abstract: The study is in the field of зsychogerontology/psychogeriatrics, but it is in touch also with a range of humanitarian sciences. The study on self-evaluations, values and mental health has been cross-sectional and longitudinal. 708 persons (341 men and 267 women) aged 70 to 98 years, constituting a 20% random sample of the population 70 and over from 45 villages near Sofia were studied in 1971–1972. A test of self-evaluation of the personality and its social coherence is used along with nine psychological cognitive tests, an interview and a comprehensive medical and psychiatric examination. The group studied is homogeneous in ethnic, social-cultural and migration respect. In addition to the cross-sectional appraisal, a longitudinal assessment has been performed in intervals of 3, 5, 10, and a maximum of 16 years. Finally, an attempt at time-lag examination of old people 70 and over from two of the previous villages was performed in 2008, i.e. 36 years after the initial study – in different social and political conditions.
Journal: Българска етнология
- Issue Year: 2023
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 83-99
- Page Count: 17
- Language: Bulgarian