Centenarians’ meanings and life experiences in old age

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Autor(a) principal: Rabinovich, Elaine Pedreira
Data de Publicação: 2021
Outros Autores: Dias, Cristina Maria de Souza Brito, Brito, Eliana Sales, Ferreira, Marilaine Matos de Menezes
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: por
Título da fonte: Memorandum (Belo Horizonte)
Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/memorandum/article/view/34397
Resumo: People are reaching the age of one hundred years enjoying physical and mental health. This qualitative research sought to understand the meanings given to old age by centenarians. Twelve elderly widows aged 96-104 years, eight women and four men, participated in the study. The data were collected through a biosociodemographic questionnaire and an interview script, which contained three trigger questions: To what do you attribute to have lived so long? How do you describe the various moments of your life? What is the most significant thing you have in your life? The interviews were analyzed using Minayo's Content Analysis. From the thematic analysis of the narratives, categories stood out: longevity, life Experiences and Meaningful Memories. We concluded that, with the reduction of sensorial and motor capacities, there is continuity to the feeling of being oneself that, together with the participants´ spirituality/religiosity, points to gerotranscendence as a process of coping with the contingences associated to this very old age.
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spelling Centenarians’ meanings and life experiences in old ageSignificados e experiências de vida na velhice de centenárioscentenáriosexperiênciasmemóriascentenariansexperiencesmemoriesPeople are reaching the age of one hundred years enjoying physical and mental health. This qualitative research sought to understand the meanings given to old age by centenarians. Twelve elderly widows aged 96-104 years, eight women and four men, participated in the study. The data were collected through a biosociodemographic questionnaire and an interview script, which contained three trigger questions: To what do you attribute to have lived so long? How do you describe the various moments of your life? What is the most significant thing you have in your life? The interviews were analyzed using Minayo's Content Analysis. From the thematic analysis of the narratives, categories stood out: longevity, life Experiences and Meaningful Memories. We concluded that, with the reduction of sensorial and motor capacities, there is continuity to the feeling of being oneself that, together with the participants´ spirituality/religiosity, points to gerotranscendence as a process of coping with the contingences associated to this very old age.Pessoas estão chegando aos cem anos desfrutando de saúde física e mental. Esta pesquisa, a partir de uma abordagem qualitativa, buscou compreender os significados dados à velhice avançada por centenários. Participaram do estudo 12 idosos (as), viúvos (as), com idade entre 96 e 104 anos (oito mulheres e quatro homens). Os dados foram coletados por meio de um questionário biosociodemográfico e um roteiro de entrevistas, que continha três perguntas disparadoras: A que atribui ter vivido tanto? Como descreve os vários momentos de sua vida? O que guarda de mais significativo em sua vida? As entrevistas foram analisadas utilizando a Análise de conteúdo descrita por Minayo. Da análise temática das narrativas destacaram-se as categorias: longevidade, experiências de vida e memórias significativas. Concluiu que, ao lado da diminuição das capacidades sensoriais e motoras, há uma continuidade do sentimento de si que, conjuntamente com a espiritualidade/religiosidade dos entrevistados, aponta para a presença de gerotranscendência como um processo de enfrentamento das contingências associadas à velhice tardia.Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais2021-12-07info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/memorandum/article/view/3439710.35699/1676-1669.2021.34397Memorandum: Memory and History in Psychology ; Vol. 38 (2021)Memorandum: Memória e História em Psicologia; v. 38 (2021)1676-1669reponame:Memorandum (Belo Horizonte)instname:Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)instacron:UFMGporhttps://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/memorandum/article/view/34397/29094Copyright (c) 2021 Memorandum: Memória e História em Psicologiahttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessRabinovich, Elaine PedreiraDias, Cristina Maria de Souza BritoBrito, Eliana Sales Ferreira, Marilaine Matos de Menezes 2023-08-29T13:47:34Zoai:periodicos.ufmg.br:article/34397Revistahttps://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/memorandum/indexPUBhttps://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/memorandum/oaidecae@fae.ufmg.br1676-16691676-1669opendoar:2023-08-29T13:47:34Memorandum (Belo Horizonte) - Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Centenarians’ meanings and life experiences in old age
Significados e experiências de vida na velhice de centenários
title Centenarians’ meanings and life experiences in old age
spellingShingle Centenarians’ meanings and life experiences in old age
Rabinovich, Elaine Pedreira
centenários
experiências
memórias
centenarians
experiences
memories
title_short Centenarians’ meanings and life experiences in old age
title_full Centenarians’ meanings and life experiences in old age
title_fullStr Centenarians’ meanings and life experiences in old age
title_full_unstemmed Centenarians’ meanings and life experiences in old age
title_sort Centenarians’ meanings and life experiences in old age
author Rabinovich, Elaine Pedreira
author_facet Rabinovich, Elaine Pedreira
Dias, Cristina Maria de Souza Brito
Brito, Eliana Sales
Ferreira, Marilaine Matos de Menezes
author_role author
author2 Dias, Cristina Maria de Souza Brito
Brito, Eliana Sales
Ferreira, Marilaine Matos de Menezes
author2_role author
author
author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Rabinovich, Elaine Pedreira
Dias, Cristina Maria de Souza Brito
Brito, Eliana Sales
Ferreira, Marilaine Matos de Menezes
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv centenários
experiências
memórias
centenarians
experiences
memories
topic centenários
experiências
memórias
centenarians
experiences
memories
description People are reaching the age of one hundred years enjoying physical and mental health. This qualitative research sought to understand the meanings given to old age by centenarians. Twelve elderly widows aged 96-104 years, eight women and four men, participated in the study. The data were collected through a biosociodemographic questionnaire and an interview script, which contained three trigger questions: To what do you attribute to have lived so long? How do you describe the various moments of your life? What is the most significant thing you have in your life? The interviews were analyzed using Minayo's Content Analysis. From the thematic analysis of the narratives, categories stood out: longevity, life Experiences and Meaningful Memories. We concluded that, with the reduction of sensorial and motor capacities, there is continuity to the feeling of being oneself that, together with the participants´ spirituality/religiosity, points to gerotranscendence as a process of coping with the contingences associated to this very old age.
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