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KMID : 0379220100300030947
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Journal of Korea Gerontological Society
2010 Volume.30 No. 3 p.947 ~ p.971
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Age Differences of Wisdom and Its Correlation with Successful Aging among Middle-aged and Elder Adults
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Kim Min-Hee
Min Kyung-Hwan
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Abstract
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The present research is aimed at to examine the relationships between wisdom and age, also between wisdom and its psychological adaptation among middle and elder adults in Korea. Moreover, using data on 240 middle-aged and elder adults, the relationship between different aspects of wisdom and aging well were not only examined, but also explored age differences of wisdom through adulthood. The major findings from the study are summarized as follows. first, the wisdom scores of middle-aged and elder adults were significantly higher than those of young adults. While ’cognitive competency’ and ’positive life attitude’ factors had no significant differences. It means that ’cognitive competency’ and ’positive life attitude’ wisdom could be stable across adulthood. However, ’moderation and balance’ and ’sympathetic interpersonal relationship’ wisdom of elders were significantly higher than those of young adults. second, in middle and elder adults, Wisdom was found to be positively related with life satisfaction, well-being, death acceptance, experiences of positive emotion, generativity, ego integration, and positive life review. while on the other hand, contrast wisdom to be negatively related with depression, fear of death, perceived stress and experiences of negative emotion. The results from the study were examined by ecological validity of wisdom. Accordingly, a number of limitations and implications of the research were acknowledged.
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KEYWORD
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wisdom, age difference, successful aging, cognitive competency, moderation and balance, positive life attitude, sympathetic interpersonal relationship
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