Gerotranscendence and active aging: the lived experience.

Active aging is a comprehensive and subjective concept that depends on an individuals' personal experiences. The theory of gerotranscendence focuses on seniors and the aging process. This process would be of great value in dealing with the challenges that come in that period of life. The authors con...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Publicado en:Journal of Religion, Spirituality & Aging Vol. 33; no. 3; pp. 271 - 298
Autores principales: Raeesi Dehkordi, Fatemeh, Eslami, Ahmad Ali, Zamani Alavijeh, Fereshteh, Matlabi, Hossein
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd 2021
Materias:
Acceso en línea:Ver este registro en EBSCOhost
fields @attributes:
  recordID: 1
pdfLink:
plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=151172767&site=ehost-live
header:
  @attributes:
    shortDbName: hlh
    uiTerm: 151172767
    longDbName: Humanities International Complete
    uiTag: AN
  controlInfo:
    bkinfo:
    jinfo:
      jid:
        15528030
        2Y69
      jtl: Journal of Religion, Spirituality & Aging
      issn: 15528030
      maglogo: N
    pubinfo:
      dt: 2021
      vid: 33
      iid: 3
      pid: 377
      pub: Taylor & Francis Ltd
    artinfo:
      ui:
        151172767
        10.1080/15528030.2020.1770662
      ppf: 271
      ppct: 27
      formats:
      tig:
        atl: Gerotranscendence and active aging: the lived experience.
      aug:
        au:
          Raeesi Dehkordi, Fatemeh
          Eslami, Ahmad Ali
          Zamani Alavijeh, Fereshteh
          Matlabi, Hossein
        affil:
          Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
          Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
      su:
        Active aging
        Gender
        Acquisition of data
        Continuous processing
        Isfahan (Iran)
        Iran
      sug:
        subj:
          Isfahan (Iran)
          Iran
          Active aging
          Gender
          Acquisition of data
          Continuous processing
      keyword:
        active ageing
        elderly
        gerotranscedence
        qualitative Study
      ab: Active aging is a comprehensive and subjective concept that depends on an individuals' personal experiences. The theory of gerotranscendence focuses on seniors and the aging process. This process would be of great value in dealing with the challenges that come in that period of life. The authors conducted this study to explore the lived experience of gerotranscendence and active aging among seniors. Following a directed content analysis procedure, we conduct semi-structured individual interviews with 39 community-dwelling seniors from the age of 60 including both genders living in Isfahan selected by purposeful sampling. Data collection and analysis were concurrent. The reliability of data was fulfilled by following Lincoln and Guba criteria. We stopped data collection when no new concept was added and data saturation was achieved. Based on the experience of elders, we identified three categories: 1) Self-transcendence, 2) Social transcendence, and 3) Cosmic level. These portrayed gerotranscendence as a continuous process confronting age-related change. The finding suggests that gerotranscendence was introduced as a dynamic process that occurred simultaneously with active aging accompanying the journey of life.
      pubtype: Academic Journal
      doctype: Article
      src: R
    language: English
    refInfo:
    copyright:
      @attributes:
        flag: Y
      dt:
        @attributes:
          year: 2021
    holdings:
      @attributes:
        islocal: N