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Psychosomatics or somatopsychics - interrelation between psyche and soma in the old age
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Abstract
Introduction. Aging is a natural process of decreasing the organism’s biological activity as years pass by. A genetic factor, which above all conditions the lifespan, plays an important role in this process. The greatest value at the time of senility is health composed of the mutual correlations between psychic and somatic factors. Depending on the attitude towards ourselves and others, on life balance (that is a subjective evaluation of an entire life), on the feeling of control (that is our influence on the fate), aging can be related with a physiological slowdown of movements, an increased vulnerability to various deseases or decreptitude and multiple pathology.
Material and methods. The research included 316 women and 120 men in their 60’s. The correlations of psychic and somatic variables have been evaluated with reference to women and men.
Results and conclusions. The results of the research show that the negative attitude towards oneself is the most important psychic factor correlating with the somatic factors. This attitude is connected to the greater vulnerability to deseases and the slowdown of movements.
Abstract
Introduction. Aging is a natural process of decreasing the organism’s biological activity as years pass by. A genetic factor, which above all conditions the lifespan, plays an important role in this process. The greatest value at the time of senility is health composed of the mutual correlations between psychic and somatic factors. Depending on the attitude towards ourselves and others, on life balance (that is a subjective evaluation of an entire life), on the feeling of control (that is our influence on the fate), aging can be related with a physiological slowdown of movements, an increased vulnerability to various deseases or decreptitude and multiple pathology.
Material and methods. The research included 316 women and 120 men in their 60’s. The correlations of psychic and somatic variables have been evaluated with reference to women and men.
Results and conclusions. The results of the research show that the negative attitude towards oneself is the most important psychic factor correlating with the somatic factors. This attitude is connected to the greater vulnerability to deseases and the slowdown of movements.
Keywords
psyche; somatics; gerohomilopata (homeopathist; gerontology homeopathist); somatic psychology; salutogenetic healthiness model
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Psychosomatics or somatopsychics - interrelation between psyche and soma in the old age
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Article type
Research paper
Pages
105-118
Published online
2007-06-11
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Bibliographic record
Psychiatria 2007;4(3):105-118.
Keywords
psyche
somatics
gerohomilopata (homeopathist
gerontology homeopathist)
somatic psychology
salutogenetic healthiness model
Authors
Grażyna Łój
