«IZVESTIYA IRKUTSKOGO GOSUDARSTVENNOGO UNIVERSITETA». SERIYA «PSICHOLOGIYA»
«THE BULLETIN OF IRKUTSK STATE UNIVERSITY». SERIES «PSYCHOLOGY»
ISSN 2304-1226 (Print)

List of issues > Series «Psychology». 2024. Vol 49

Psychological Well-Being and Personality Health Resources of Older Persons in the Context of the Existential Approach

Author(s)
V. V. Semikin, A. I. Anisimov, P. V. Lyubimov
Abstract
The article gives a theoretical confirmation and empirical evidence for the correlation of psychological wellbeing and personality health resources of older persons in the context of the existential approach. Personality resources related to the existential framework, which make possible for older persons to stay healthy, have been identified. The study has found that the elderly having a feeling of psychological well-being (existential fulfillment) have more pronounced: 1) urge to actualize personality resources (subjective orientation, self-change potential, viability), 2) inclination to highly assess their energy capacities, and 3) satisfaction with their living on the whole. The results demonstrate the perspectives of psycho-diagnostic assessment of personality health resources of older persons within the framework of the existential approach.
About the Authors

Semikin Viktor Vasilyevich, Doctor of Sciences (Psychology), Professor, Senior Researcher, Sector for Social and Psychological Research, Scientific Center for Arctic Studies, 20, Respublikа st., Salekhard, 629008, Russian Federation, e-mail: semikin_v@mail.ru

Anisimov Aleksey Igorevich, Candidate of Sciences (Psychology), Associate Professor, Department of Clinical Psychology, Saint Petersburg State Institute of Psychology and Social Work, 13А, 12 Liniya Vasilievskogo Ostrova st., Saint Petersburg, 199178, Russian Federation, e-mail: aai101@mail.ru

Lyubimov Pavel Vladimirovich, Founder of the Charitable Foundation «With Love in the Heart», 605-8А, st. Admirala Tributs, St. Petersburg, 198322, Russian Federation, e-mail: polgurd@mail.ru

For citation

Semikin V.V., Anisimov A.I., Lyubimov P.V. Psychological Well-Being and Personality Health Resources of Older Persons in the Context of the Existential Approach. The Bulletin of Irkutsk State University. Series Psychology, 2024, vol. 49, pp. 64-77. https://doi.org/10.26516/2304-1226.2024.49.64 (in Russian)

Keywords
gerontopsychology, old age health psychology, existential approach, psychological wellbeing of older persons, personality health resources.
UDC
159.9
DOI
https://doi.org/10.26516/2304-1226.2024.49.64
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