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What does it feel like to be 100? Socio-emotional aspects of well-being in the stories of 16 Centenarians living in the United Kingdom
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Objectives The purpose of this article was to describe socio-emotional themes in the stories of 16 Centenarians living in the United Kingdom. Methodology Sixteen Centenarians were recruited and interviewed face-to-face by members of the research team. Participants were invited to tell the story of their lives in line with the principles of participatory action research (Koch and Kralik, 2006). The resultant story was returned to the Centenarian and their significant others for their validation and ownership. Stories were further analysed alongside verbatim interview transcripts. The first author wrote her psycho-social interpretation of the socio-emotional content in each person s life. These psycho-social interpretations were combined to provide commonalities in experience. Findings These six common experiences or themes were: Engagement in the world, Happiness and describing a good life, Stoicism, Sources of support, Sources of frustration and Talking about death. All participants had strong interests. They reported their lives as having been 'good' or 'happy'. They were resilient in the face of stress. Their frustrations pertained to visual or mobility impairments. While they were accepting the death of spouses, siblings and significant others, they were silent about the proximity of their own. In this article, we consider these themes in the light of previous empirical findings and theories. Conclusion Centenarians indicated that life had been worth living and that it fel…
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Metadata
- Authors
- Hutnik, N., Smith, P., & Koch, T.
- Affiliations
- University of Surrey (GB)
- University of Edinburgh (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Hutnik, Nimmi
- ORCID
- Koch, Tina
- Venue
- Aging & Mental Health
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2012-06-11
- Volume
- 16
- Issue
- 7
- Pages
- 811-818
- ISSN
- 1360-7863 (ISSN-L)
- 1364-6915
- OpenAlex
- W1990312245
- Cited by
- 38
- References
- 38
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- FWCI
- 1.78
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Aging & Mental Health (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Surrey Research Insight Open Access (The University of Surrey) (submittedVersion)
- Open Research (University of Surrey) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Aging and Gerontology Research
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Aging, Health, and Disability
- Social Sciences › Life-span and Life-course Studies › Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues
- Keywords
- centenarians, well-being, life stories, resilience, Stoicism, social support, frustration, visual impairment, mobility impairment, death acceptance, oldest old
- MeSH terms
- Affect, Aged, 80 and over, Aging, Death, Emotions, Female, United Kingdom, Humans, Male, Quality of Life, Social Behavior, Social Support, Stress, Psychological
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