Resilience and Ageing

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ID16946384
AuthorsJuan De D Uriarte Arciniega (University of the Basque Country, corresponding author)
Year2014
Volume4
Issue2
Pages67-77
Publication date2014-05-30
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEuropean Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2174-8144 • E-ISSN: 2254-9625
PublisherMDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT)
DOI10.3390/ejihpe4020006
OpenAlexW3136323222
LanguageEN
References cited5

Resilience was a concept introduced in the study of responses and positive adaptation of people living in risky environments, contexts and situations that posed potential threats to normal development like poverty, disease and violence. Subsequently introduced in the study of developmental phenomena and processes that occur in all ages and stages of the life cycle, including the later stages. The resilience ́s perspective has modified the previous model of aging that associated losses with a more comprehensive in that people have high levels of positive functioning, despite adverse circumstances, limitations and impairments. This conception is convergent with the approach of resilience and the idea that a resilient person is normal, isn ́t exceptional. Two psychobiological processes support psychological resilience in old age: neuroplasticity and psychoneuroimmunology. To finish, are highlighted the personal resources and requirements called resilient contributing to successful aging, including longevity

Developmental psychology · Psychological resilience · Successful aging · Medicine · Neuroscience · Psychology · Resilience and Mental Health · Social Psychology · Gerontology

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