Abstract
The paper deals with investigations of social-psychological adaptability peculiarities of elderly people in Lviv (Ukraine). These personal performances are compared for the people who study and those who are not L’viv University of Third Age (LUTA) listeners. The results of investigation have shown that participation of elderly people in LUTA allows them to decrease the solitude feeling and to increase the socio-psychological adaptability as well as the stress resistance level.
Highlights
Demographic data shows that the number of elderly people in the general population structure of Ukraine is constantly increasing
The “internality” scale indicators are higher in the L’viv University of Third Age (LUTA) listeners group (60.9) than in the elderly people group that do not study (37.12) Group 1 representatives are inclined to lay the responsibility for life events and activity results on themselves, and not to external factors unlike Group 2 that get used to swimming with the stream and blame everybody around them for their life troubles, but never themselves
The peculiarities of socio-psychological adaptability of the elderly people who study in the Third Age L’viv University and those who are not university listeners are found on the basis of empirical research
Summary
Demographic data shows that the number of elderly people in the general population structure of Ukraine is constantly increasing. The necessity to find adequate areas of activity for elderly people is connected with the fact that elderly people’s social activity peak coincides with pre-retirement period (men: 60-62 years old, women: 55-60 years old). This fact strengthens the tension that appears regarding the unavoidable decrease in activity level and employment situation. The objective of the research is to generalize the peculiarities of the socio-psychological adaptability of elderly people who study and those who are not L’viv University of Third Age listeners.
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