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28 - Promoting Successful Aging

A Psychosocial Perspective

from Part II - Psychosocial Factors

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 January 2019

By
Maríagiovanna Caprara  and
Neyda Ma. Mendoza-Ruvalcaba
Edited by
Rocío Fernández-Ballesteros ,
Athanase Benetos  and
Jean-Marie Robine
Rocío Fernández-Ballesteros
Affiliation:
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Athanase Benetos
Affiliation:
Université de Lorraine and Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale (INSERM) Nancy
Jean-Marie Robine
Affiliation:
INSERM
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Summary

The goal of this contribution is to review psychosocial intervention programs designed to promote successful aging. To this end, nineteen articles assessing the effectiveness of positive aging programs were identified. The objectives, contents, indicators, theoretical frameworks, methodologies and results of these programs are presented and discussed in this chapter.
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The Cambridge Handbook of Successful Aging , pp. 512 - 533
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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