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Poczucie jakości życia osób długowiecznych
The sense of the quality of life for long-lived people

Author(s): Tomasz Frąckowiak
Subject(s): Psychology
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: aging; gerontology; longevity; the sense of the quality of life

Summary/Abstract: The changing demography and the progress in medicine, pharmacy, undertaking preventive actions, allow a wider group of people reach the age of aging, and even a longevity. Unparalleled in the human history number of people will reach and exceed the ninetieth and hundredth year of life. Therefore the main aim of this study was to determine the level of the sense of the quality of life for generations of 90+ and comparing it with the sense of the quality of life for people in earlier stages of aging (75–89, 60–74). The sense of the quality of life was defined as a multidimensional occurence, including four main spheres of man’s functioning: psychophisical, psychosocial, subjective and metaphisical (spiritual).

  • Issue Year: 17/2012
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 101-115
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Polish