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RICERCHE DI PSICOLOGIA
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FrancoAngeli
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0391-6081 (Printed Journal)
1972-5620 (Online Journal)
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3
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3
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2015/04
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La realizzazione di se in eta anziana. Uno studio sui progetti personali e le strategie proattive di coping
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391
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409
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Italian
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2015/04
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2014 FrancoAngeli srl
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Facendo riferimento, sul piano teorico, ai modelli sistemici e proattivi sull'invecchiamento positivo (Rowe e Khan, 1997; Kahana et al., 2005), la ricerca ha analizzato il ruolo rivestito dalle strategie proattive di coping per la realizzazione di se attraverso la formulazione di progetti personali nei diversi ambiti di vita, un'area di ricerca della Psicologia Positiva che deriva dalla psicologia umanistica maslowiana. Un gruppo di 300 anziani (M = 71.86; DS = 7.01) ha partecipato allo studio. Le strategie proattive di coping che fanno riferimento alla gestione attiva dell'ambiente, all'accumulo di risorse e attualizzazione del potenziale umano (Schwarzer e Taubert, 2002) si confermano come predittori positivi della formulazione di numerosi progetti personali centrati sulla famiglia, la cultura, il tempo libero e la partecipazione civica e politica. Possedere una buona salute predice la presenza di numerosi progetti. Il genere ed il livello di scolarita influiscono anch'essi sul possesso di numerosi progetti personali: coloro infatti che possiedono titoli di studio elevati si caratterizzano per una maggiore progettualita, mentre gli uomini si coinvolgono maggiormente rispetto alle donne nei progetti centrati sulla partecipazione attiva alla societa ed alla politica. Lo studio evidenzia che possedere molti progetti personali da realizzare in eta anziana e legato non solo a risorse culturali e di salute, ma anche all'abilita di costruire una visione positiva del futuro e alla capacita di identificare risorse per realizzare i propri talenti e potenzialita.
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