Factors Promoting Successful Aging in Turkish Older Adults: Self Compassion, Psychological Resilience, and Attitudes towards Aging

Filiz Kunuroglu () and D. Vural Yuzbasi ()
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Filiz Kunuroglu: Izmir Katip Celebi University
D. Vural Yuzbasi: Izmir Katip Celebi University

Journal of Happiness Studies, 2021, vol. 22, issue 8, No 16, 3663-3678

Abstract: Abstract This article explicates the factors promoting successful aging and greater psychological wellbeing in the last course of human life. We explored self-compassion, successful aging and wellbeing outcomes in 264 individuals aged 60–96 years (M = 70) residing in Turkey. The major finding of the study is that self-compassion, resilience, perceived psychological and physiological health and age predicted successful aging. The results of the path analysis showed that self-compassion and resilience mediated the effect of attitude towards aging and satisfaction with life on successful aging. The implications of the study are beneficial to policy makers, social work practitioners, clinicians and researchers creating preventative measures and long term solutions.

Keywords: Successful aging; Psychological resilience; Self-compassion; Attitudes towards aging (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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