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H Thomae

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PubMed1992

Components of competence in the community aged.

Following a discussion of different approaches to the definition of 'competence' and their theoretical background, the need for both situation-specific and global conceptualizations of this construct is stressed. Aside from competencies for physical and social survival, those related to psychological survival should be considered. A battery of indicators of competence, as used in the Bonn Longitudinal Study on Aging (BOLSA), was helpful in identifying six groups of elderly people with different levels of competence in the range of 'normal' aging. Cognitive and personality variables most significantly differentiated the competence groups. On the basis of these findings, the value of complex competence models and the need for situation-specific and person-specific assessments of competence is stressed.

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PubMed1979

[Psychological theories in the context of an interdisciplinary gerontology (author's transl)].

The integration of the different disciplines of gerontology can be promoted by pointing to the analogies in biological, medical, psychological, and sociological constructs and theories of aging. Max Bürger's construct of "biomorphosis", the functional age approach in physiology, and the principle of homeostasis can contribute to the formulation of hypotheses and theories in the behavioral and social sciences, too. A common frame of reference for this integrated interdisciplinary gerontology is a differential approach which tries to define different patterns of aging, their biological, clinical, social, and psychological conditions, the control and prediction of the aging process within the frame-work of these patterns and the prevention of adverse patterns. An important contribution of behavioral sciences to this differential gerontological is defined by cognitive theories of behavior which point to the decisive role of the perceived (vs. the "objective") situation in selection of responses of the aged.

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[Changes in time perspectives in advanced age].

Three hypotheses on changes in the time perspective of elderly people and their behavioral consequences are discussed: firstly, Kuhlen's hypothesis of an increasing sensitivity for the passing of time with increasing age, secondly that of a de-differentiation of future time perspective in old age, and finally the thesis that only normative-prescriptive approaches are appropriate in the study of coping with finitude. The three hypotheses are either rejected or modified on the basis of research data. Time perspective in old age is the outcome of continuous life-long changes and adaptations in the temporal and social orientation of man.

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[Reactions of stroke patients to their health status].

Coping patterns of two groups of stroke patients related to their health condition are compared: one group participated in a rehabilitation programme, while the consisted of long-term care patients who had suffered a stroke ten to twenty years before the interview was second group. Similarities and differences between the response hierarchies of the two groups are demonstrated and discussed with special emphasis on the complex cognition and motivation interactions determining success and failure in coping.

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[Perceived immutability of health and economic stress: cognitive theory of adjustment to aging].

94 women and 80 men with or without major economic and/or health problems (age 65--94 yrs.) were given a set of interviews and questionnaires, including a scale for measuring 'perceived definitiveness of the own negative situation' (PEDE). Persons socring high in this scale differed in a significant way regarding health, housing, family, and economic situation, intelligence, and life satisfaction. Major differences exist also regarding responses to economic and/or health problems. Hypotheses were derived from a cognitive theory of adjustment to aging emphasizing the impact of cognitive systems on the primary and secondly appriasal processes and the selection of response.

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