PSYCHOLOGICAL FEATURES OF MODERN ELDERLY PEOPLE'S ACTIVE LIFE POSITION.

OBJECTIVE

The aim: The research is devoted to the analysis of theoretical and empirical determinants of formation of structural components of an active life position of modern elderly people.

PATIENTS AND METHODS

Materials and methods: Psychodiagnostic techniques were selected as tools for data collection. Experiment participants were people aged 65-72 years old (total number - 78 people). Data processing was done by means of the computer program SPSS 21.0.

RESULTS

Results: The psychological features of the formation of elderly people's active life position were determined by the fact that more than 50% of respondents had an average level of cognitive development, more than 60% demonstrated a low level of emotional-volitional component and more than 50% were at medium level of motivational-behavioural component. Most respondents' high level of cognitive component development does not correlate with a high level of emotional-volitional component development. The leading role in the formation of elderly people's active life position is played by the motivational-behavioural component.

CONCLUSION

Conclusions: Based on the theoretical and empirical research of the issue of formation of elderly people's active life position, three structural components of the phenomenon under study were identified: cognitive, emotional-volitional and motivational-behavioural. The results of the experiment suggest that most respondents had medium-low levels of active life position. The main determinant of the elderly people's reduced vitality is their low level of emotional-volitional component development. The research outcomes allowed us to track the dependence of the level of active life position on the motivational-behavioral component.