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Considerado o pináculo do desenvolvimento humano, a sabedoria diz respeito a diferentes qualidades positivas do indivíduo como uma personalidade integrada, competências de julgamento superior em situações de conflito e capacidade de resiliência face às vicissitudes da vida. Parece existir uma relação positiva entre a sabedoria e o bem-estar emocional nos indivíduos idosos, o que pode permitir identificar vias para um desenvolvimento positivo nesta fase mais tardia da vida.
O presente estudo tem como objetivo central conhecer de que modo as experiências de vida podem fomentar a sabedoria na população idosa. Como objetivos específicos pretende-se conhecer estas experiências de vida, a forma como a pessoa idosa lidou com elas, e que aprendizagens recolheu e integrou na sua vida.
O estudo foi realizado através da recolha de relatos autobiográficos de uma amostra constituída por um grupo de dez pessoas idosas, com idades entre os 69 e os 95 anos (M=80.6).
Os resultados permitiram concluir que as experiências de vida marcantes podem ser promotoras de sabedoria. As pessoas idosas deste estudo demonstraram ter integrado as suas experiências e codesenvolvido recursos em sabedoria como a abertura à experiência, a atitude reflexiva, a regulação emocional e empatia, os aspetos afetivos, como a consciência social, o sentido de mestria e estratégias de coping para lidar com as adversidades, entre outros. Mostraram também, nesta fase tardia da vida, o valor da transcendência de si, através da espiritualidade, que assume um papel importante nas suas vidas, como valor adaptativo e fonte de resiliência para ultrapassar as adversidades. Foi possível também constatar que a generalidade dos participantes apresentava um envelhecimento bem-sucedido, envolvendo-se ativamente com a vida e partilhando vivências com outros significativos, sentindo realização no seu percurso de vida.
Considered the pinnacle of human development, wisdom relates to different positive qualities such as an integrated personality, skills of superior judgment in situations of conflict and resilience to face life's vicissitudes. There seems to be a positive relationship between wisdom and emotional well-being in older people, which may help identify pathways to a positive development in this later stage of life. The present study has as its central objective to know how life experiences can foster wisdom in the elderly population. Specific objectives are intended to meet life experiences, how the elderly deal with this experiences and knowledge gathered and integrated into their life. The study was conducted by collecting autobiographical reports of a sample consisting of a group of ten older people, aged between 69 and 95 years (M = 80.6). The results showed that the remarkable life experiences can be promoters of wisdom. The elderly in this study demonstrated to have integrated their experience and co-developed wisdom resources such as openness to experience, reflective attitude, emotion regulation and empathy, affective aspects such as social awareness, sense of mastery and coping strategies to deal with adversity. Also shown, at this late stage of life, is transcendence of self through spirituality, which plays both an important adaptive role and is a source of resilience value to overcome adversity. It was also possible to observe that the majority of participants had a successful aging by actively engaging with life and sharing life experiences with significant others, feeling fulfillment in their life journey.
Considered the pinnacle of human development, wisdom relates to different positive qualities such as an integrated personality, skills of superior judgment in situations of conflict and resilience to face life's vicissitudes. There seems to be a positive relationship between wisdom and emotional well-being in older people, which may help identify pathways to a positive development in this later stage of life. The present study has as its central objective to know how life experiences can foster wisdom in the elderly population. Specific objectives are intended to meet life experiences, how the elderly deal with this experiences and knowledge gathered and integrated into their life. The study was conducted by collecting autobiographical reports of a sample consisting of a group of ten older people, aged between 69 and 95 years (M = 80.6). The results showed that the remarkable life experiences can be promoters of wisdom. The elderly in this study demonstrated to have integrated their experience and co-developed wisdom resources such as openness to experience, reflective attitude, emotion regulation and empathy, affective aspects such as social awareness, sense of mastery and coping strategies to deal with adversity. Also shown, at this late stage of life, is transcendence of self through spirituality, which plays both an important adaptive role and is a source of resilience value to overcome adversity. It was also possible to observe that the majority of participants had a successful aging by actively engaging with life and sharing life experiences with significant others, feeling fulfillment in their life journey.