Sentido de vida en adultos mayores institucionalizados desde el enfoque Humanista-Existencial
Year: 2021
Type: article
Abstract: Objective. Identify the meaning of life in a group of institutionalized older adults, from a humanistic-existential perspective. Method. A phenomenological qualitative design was carried out where eight older adults aged between 74 and 99 years were interviewed, using the life story technique, carrying out a thematic narrative analysis. Results. Three thematic axes were observed (activities prior to the institution, history of personal life, and vital events around suffering). From these, the existential values that allowed to give an account of a meaning of life in institutionalized older adults emerged. In conclusion, older adults orient their life towards themselves, towards other people within the institution, and have a meaning of death.
Source: Actualidades en Psicología
Author: Cesar Molina Codecido
Language: Spanish
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W3198197890