Affiliation:
1. University of Banja Luka Faculty of Philosophy Department of Psychology, Banja Luka, Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Abstract
The concept of successful ageing is rather important for understanding its
positive aspects. Although it has been present in the scientific literature
for more than half a century, it is still not entirely clear what it means,
thus the concept of successful ageing remains a challenge for scientific
research. In order to gain a clearer picture of the complexity of this
phenomenon, the models which represent successful ageing and which were
created within the biomedical and psycho-social approach will be presented
and then critically considered in this paper. In order to recognize their
scientific and practical contributions, i.e. limitations, special attention
will be paid to their mutual relations. Based on this analysis, the
suggestions for future empirical studies of this phenomenon will be offered.
Publisher
National Library of Serbia
Subject
General Earth and Planetary Sciences,General Environmental Science
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