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[Happy and healthy aging: well-being, resources and self-management abilities]
1Afdeling Gezondheidswetenschappen, Universitair Medisch Centrum Groningen, Groningen. b.j.m.steverink@med.umcg.nl
Tijdschrift Voor Gerontologie En Geriatrie
|January 16, 2010
Summary
This research outlines a framework for happy and healthy aging, emphasizing basic needs, resources, and self-management. Interventions are tested and implemented, with a focus on lifespan development for better well-being outcomes.
Area of Science:
- Gerontology
- Psychology
- Sociology
Context:
- Presents an integrated theoretical framework for a research program.
- Highlights central assumptions regarding basic needs, well-being, and resource fulfillment.
- Discusses the interplay between external resources and self-management abilities.
Purpose:
- To define criteria for happy and healthy aging.
- To identify social conditions influencing basic needs fulfillment.
- To present empirical tests and intervention studies.
Summary:
- The research program integrates theories on basic needs, external resources, and self-management for well-being.
- Empirical studies and interventions are detailed, with initial implementation steps.
- A lifespan perspective is increasingly adopted to understand influences on aging from earlier life stages.
Impact:
- Provides a basis for understanding and promoting happy and healthy aging.
- Informs the development of interventions targeting resource management and self-efficacy.
- Suggests that early life factors significantly impact later-life well-being.
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