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Journal of Modern Foreign Psychology
2017. Vol. 6, no. 3, 13–21
doi:10.17759/jmfp.2017060302
ISSN: 2304-4977 (online)

MacArthur study of successful aging: on the way to a new gerontology (abstract review of the book Rowe J.W., Kahn R.L. «Successful Aging»)

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I.V. Shapovalenko

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Abstract

In the Russian scientific literature, there are practically no detailed publications of the materials of the MacArthur study of aging, the results of which became the basis for the development of a new direction in gerontology – «successful», «prosperous» aging. The concept of «successful aging» is based on empirical data in the works of D.V. Rowe, R.L. Kahn. This article describes the organization of the MacArthur study of aging and the methods used; the logic of substantiation of the category «successful aging» is given; the contribution of the individual and society to the task of successful aging is shown.

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Keywords: usual aging, successful aging, myths about old age, image of old age, gerontology

Journal rubric: Developmental Psychology and Age-Related Psychology

Article type: review article

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17759/jmfp.2017060302

For citation: Shapovalenko I.V. MacArthur study of successful aging: on the way to a new gerontology (abstract review of the book Rowe J.W., Kahn R.L. «Successful Aging») [Elektronnyi resurs]. Sovremennaia zarubezhnaia psikhologiia = Journal of Modern Foreign Psychology, 2017. Vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 13–21. DOI: 10.17759/jmfp.2017060302. (In Russ., аbstr. in Engl.)

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Irina V. Shapovalenko, PhD in Psychology, Head of Department of Age Psychology Named After Professor L.F. Obukhova, Moscow State University of Psychology and Education, Moscow, Russia, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3845-3473, e-mail: irin_vlad@mail.ru

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