This article examines the hypothesis that the dialogical integration of life experiences is related to successful aging. Life story interviews with 93 older Czech adults were sorted into categories characterized by specific patterns of life experience integration: (i) without dialogical processes, (ii) with differentiated I-positions, (iii) with dialogical relationships, (iv) partially integrated, and (v) completely integrated. The results indicated that the categories were ordered, yielding low-level correlations with scales of successful aging in predicted directions. A comparison of the categories revealed that they were related to successful aging in a cumulative way, starting with the most essential indicator (lower scores of rumination) in the participants who had developed at least dialogical relationships, continuing to higher well-being linked with partial integration, and ending with an advanced indicator (optimism toward future) linked with complete integration. These relationships were summarized in a hypothetical model that is open to further examination.
- Klíčová slova
- dialogical self, future time perspective, life review, life story interview, meaning making, narrative analysis, older adults, reminiscence, successful aging, well-being,
- MeSH
- kognitivní ruminace MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- optimismus psychologie MeSH
- rozhovory jako téma MeSH
- senioři nad 80 let MeSH
- senioři MeSH
- vyprávění * MeSH
- zdravé stárnutí * psychologie MeSH
- zdravotní stav MeSH
- životní změny * MeSH
- Check Tag
- lidé MeSH
- mužské pohlaví MeSH
- senioři nad 80 let MeSH
- senioři MeSH
- ženské pohlaví MeSH
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
- práce podpořená grantem MeSH
- Geografické názvy
- Česká republika MeSH
