The social representations of aging may differ according to culture. The aim of this study was to compare the representations of aging in Brazil and in Italy. The participants were 360 subjects equally distributed between nationalities, sex and age group. The questionnaire presented closed and open ended questions. The results indicate the association of social variables (sex, age group and cultural context) with two representations of aging: one, where social relations and activity complete the idea of a successful moment in which life experience produced wisdom toward life, and another as a process that, although bring experience and wisdom, results in decline, illness, inactivity and incapacity, indicating the end of life.
Representações Sociais do Envelhecimento entre Diferentes Gerações no Brasil e na Itália
CONTARELLO, ALBERTA;PICCOLO, CHIARA
2014
Abstract
The social representations of aging may differ according to culture. The aim of this study was to compare the representations of aging in Brazil and in Italy. The participants were 360 subjects equally distributed between nationalities, sex and age group. The questionnaire presented closed and open ended questions. The results indicate the association of social variables (sex, age group and cultural context) with two representations of aging: one, where social relations and activity complete the idea of a successful moment in which life experience produced wisdom toward life, and another as a process that, although bring experience and wisdom, results in decline, illness, inactivity and incapacity, indicating the end of life.
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