Becoming a wise old woman
Resilience and Wellness in Later Life
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3619904 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Suzy Gattuso (Charles Sturt University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 171-177 |
| Publication date | 2003-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Health Sociology Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1446-1242 • E-ISSN: 1839-3551 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.5172/hesr.12.2.171 |
| OpenAlex | W2094160081 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 19 |
| References cited | 6 |
Older women often describe themselves as well in spite of being objectively in poor health. Such a view of self as resilient can sustain women through the process of becoming older. Drawing on recent research, I discuss how a sense of resilience in later life may be informed by memories of loss and coping in the past. Through selective memories, women informants constructed a story of coping, one that provided a buffer against the challenges of ageing, including deleterious changes in health status. The concept of ‘resilient ageing’ is contrasted with that of ‘successful ageing’, with the former providing a way of understanding how an older woman can come to view herself as well in spite of illness or disability. In contrast to the reductionism of the concept of successful ageing, resilient ageing enriches the understanding of the complexity of later life and the wisdom that can accompany that understanding
Ageing · Developmental psychology · Epistemology · Older people · Political science · Project commissioning · Psychological resilience · Psychotherapist · Publishing · Reductionism · Sociology · Aging and Gerontology Research · Medicine · Optimism, Hope, and Well-being · Psychology · Resilience and Mental Health · Social Psychology · Gerontology
Loneliness, Resilience, Mental Health, and Quality of Life in Old Age
Gender and the Subjective Well-Being of Older Widows and Widowers
Spending time
Mediating effects of psychological resilience on life satisfaction among older adults
Resilience and vision impairment in older people
I had a good time when I was young”
Care for place
Mimicking myths of menopause. A critical phenomenological perspective on ageing and femininity in fiction TV shows
Measurement Invariance of the Brief Resilient Coping Scale (BRCS) in Peruvian and Spanish Older Adults
Fostering resilience later in life
Narrative construction of resilience
Keeping going’
Resilience
The Nexus between Feminism and Postmodernism
Exploring the relationship between multi-morbidity, resilience and social connectedness across the lifecourse
Older People's Perceptions of Remaining Physically Active and Living With Chronic Pain
Resilience from the point of view of older people
Challenged but not threatened
Troubling stoicism
| Unique citing works | 19 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,36 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2024 (13) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 19 |