Meaningful occupational activities and valuation of life in centenarians

• Autor(a) principal: Lima, Margarida Pedroso de
• Data de Publicação: 2016
• Outros Autores: Portugal, Patrícia, Ribeiro, Oscar
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: https://doi.org/10.14195/1647-8606_58-2_3
• topic: centenarians; occupational activities; valuation of life; meaning of life; centenários; atividades ocupacionais; valoração da vida; sentido de vida

In the last decades we have witnessed the proliferation of international studies on centenarians, following the trend of increase in this age group in industrialized countries.This study is embedded in the PT100 Project – Oporto Centenarian Study and aims to describe occupational patterns of people with or over one hundred years and their relationship with the valuation and sense of life. The sample comprises individuals aged between 100 and 105 years old (M = 100.93 years; SD = 1.43) and was assessed in several types of activities by means of the extended version of the Victoria Longitudinal Study Activity Questionnaire (VLS) (Jopp & Hertzog, 2010) and the Older American Resources and Services (OARS) (Rodrigues, 2008). Valuation of Life was assessed with the Lawton’s Valuation of Life Scale (VOL) (Lawton et al., 2001). The results highlight the central role of religious/spiritual activities and reinforce the importance of existential meanings in a very advanced age.