title: Old age from an existential-analytical perspective.
abstract: Aging confronts humans with specific existential issues. They frequently cause suffering in old age. Not dealing with or insufficiently dealing with these existential themes may result in crisis, psychological disorders, and illness. By integrating existential themes of aging into the understanding of one's own life, the process of aging contributes to personal maturity.
authors.affiliation: International Society for Logotherapy and Existential Analysis, Vienna, Austria. a.laengle@existenzanalyse.org
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authors.lastname: Längle
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging / Q000523:psychology*; D005086:Existentialism; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D010553:Personality Development; D012803:Sick Role