Pearls of wisdom: Israeli elderly reflect on their lives and make suggestions for future generations

IF 1.2 4区 心理学 Q3 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
A. Rokach
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Reminiscing by older adults can facilitate beneficial outcomes through the preparation for the end of life, the cohesiveness of life narratives, and creation of life meanings. Given this, and the historical challenges of communication between generations, the objective of this study was two-fold: (1) to harness the beneficial role reminiscence can play in the mental health of older adults; (2) to facilitate generational learning by documenting and thematically analyzing the experiences and knowledge of older adults. We hypothesized that our interviews, which had the stated goal of helping younger people navigate life challenges, would not only act as catalyst for the participants to reminisce but also create a corpus of knowledge which could be later distilled into accessible “pearls of wisdom”. The interviews were conducted in Israel with 102 participants who were between 60 and 93 years of age with six questions constructed to promote further commentary. Through the interviews we were successful in producing a large representation of the older adults’ experiences and what they believed would be beneficial for the younger generation. Due to the potential benefits for participants and larger communities we recommend this approach be adopted for future studies.
智慧之珠:以色列老年人反思自己的生活,并为后代提出建议
老年人的回忆可以通过为生命的终结做准备、生命叙事的凝聚力和生命意义的创造来促进有益的结果。考虑到这一点,以及代际交流的历史挑战,本研究的目的是双重的:(1)利用回忆对老年人心理健康的有益作用;(2)通过记录和专题分析老年人的经验和知识,促进代际学习。我们假设我们的访谈,其目的是帮助年轻人应对生活中的挑战,不仅可以作为参与者回忆的催化剂,还可以创造一个知识语料库,这些语料库可以在以后提炼成可获取的“智慧之珠”。访谈是在以色列进行的,102名参与者年龄在60到93岁之间,有6个问题,以促进进一步的评论。通过采访,我们成功地收集了大量老年人的经历,以及他们认为对年轻一代有益的东西。由于对参与者和更大的社区有潜在的好处,我们建议在未来的研究中采用这种方法。
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International Journal of Psychological Research
International Journal of Psychological Research PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY-
CiteScore
2.30
自引率
9.10%
发文量
22
审稿时长
16 weeks
期刊介绍: The International Journal of Psychological Research (Int.j.psychol.res) is the Faculty of Psychology’s official publication of San Buenaventura University in Medellin, Colombia. Int.j.psychol.res relies on a vast and diverse theoretical and thematic publishing material, which includes unpublished productions of diverse psychological issues and behavioral human areas such as psychiatry, neurosciences, mental health, among others.
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