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SOCIOEMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN LATE ADULTHOOD (Families and Social…
SOCIOEMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN LATE ADULTHOOD
Theories of Socioemotional Development
Activity Theory
The theory that the more active and involved older adults are, the more likely they are to be satisfied with their lives
Socioemotional Selectivity Theory
The theory that older adults become more selective about their social networks.Because they place a high value on emotional satisfaction, older adults often spend more time with familiar individuals with whom they have had rewarding relationships.
Erikson's Theory
Integrity Vs Despair - reflecting on the past and either piecing together a positive review or concluding that one's life has not well spent.
Selective Optimization with Compensation Theory
The theory that successful aging is related to three main factors which is selection, optimization and compensation
Personality, The Self and Society
The Self and Society
Self esteem increased through most of adulthood but declined in 70/80 years old.
Older Adults in Society
Older adults is prejudice against others because of their age
Personality
The personality traits of conscientiousness and agreeableness increase in late adulthood.
Families and Social Relationships
Friendship
There is more continuity than change in friendship for older adults
Social Support and Social Integration
Improved physical and mental health in older adults
Older Adult Parents and Their Adult Children
Adult children can perform the coordinate and monitor services for an aging parent who became
Great Grand-parenting
Attachment
Older adults have fewer attachment relationship than younger adults
Attachment anxiety decreases with increasing age
Attachment security linked to psychological and physical well being in older adults
Altruism and Volunteering
Having a longer life
Lifestyle Diversity
Older adult are more likely to be married than older adult women
Married happier than single
Social, financial and physical consequences of divorce for older adults
More divorced older adults,increased longevity
Successful Aging
Normal, Pathological and Successful
Ethnicity, Gender and Culture
Gender
Men become more feminine as older adults than there is that women become more masculine
Culture
Predict high status from the elderly
Ethnicity
Aging minorities cope with double burden of ageism and racism