title: [The role of psychologic factors in adaptive behavior of younger and older people].
abstract: Contemporary view on the issue of adjustment potential in an aging human being is presented. In a prognostic model the following features, ranked according to their importance, were identified: for younger individuals--friendship, warmth, responsibility, thoroughness, persistence, control of conditioned and unconditioned reflexes, sensitivity, tenderness, wide range of interests, tolerance towards other people and high level of intellectual efficiency; for older individuals--self control, social maturity and balanced approach to the others, lack of conflicts in interpersonal relationships, self sufficiency and independence, tolerance with a tendency to self subordination and psychological immunity. Attention is drawn to the results of the obtained prognostic models which will constitute a reference base for psychologists working in geriatric wards.
authors.affiliation: Akademia Pedagogiki Specjalnej im. Marii Grzegorzewskiej w Warszawie.
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Pecyna
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D012016:Reference Values; D012917:Social Adjustment; D012919:Social Behavior; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires