Life at Age 100: An International Research Agenda for Centenarian Studies
Life at Age 100: An International Research Agenda for Centenarian Studies
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DOI：
10.1080/08959420.2016.1161693
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发表时间：
2016-07-01
影响因子：
5.1
通讯作者：
Rott, Christoph
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作者：
Jopp, Daniela S.;Boerner, Kathrin;Rott, Christoph
许多人都渴望长寿，而这个梦想很可能在越来越工业化的社会中成为现实。在过去的三十年中，高龄老人的数量显着增加，造成了全球人口挑战，在个人、家庭和社会层面产生了影响。然而，人们对高龄生活的独特特征和挑战仍然知之甚少。除了特定的内容领域之外，高龄代表了一个尚未得到充分研究的研究领域。这种知识的缺乏可能是老年人也是服务不足的人群的原因之一。本期特刊介绍了由三项百岁老人研究组成的国际网络，这些研究描述和比较了德国、葡萄牙和美国百岁老人的生活环境和特征。我们的平行研究全面评估了百岁老人的身体、认知、社会和心理功能，以创建有关他们的能力和需求的知识库。具体重点在于对心理方面、社会资源和社会/文化背景以及可能有助于长寿和成功老龄化的因素的调查。从应用和政策的角度来看，确定这一高龄人口的关键特征并调查各国之间的异同是及时而紧迫的。
Living a long life is desired by many individuals, and this dream is likely to become reality in more and more industrialized societies. During the past 3 decades, the number of very old individuals has increased significantly, creating a global demographic challenge with consequences at the individual, family, and societal levels. Yet, life in very old age is still poorly understood in terms of its unique characteristics and challenges. Besides specific content areas, very old age represents an understudied field of research. This lack of knowledge may be one reason that the very old also are an underserved population. This special issue introduces an international network of three centenarian studies that describe and compare the life circumstances and characteristics of centenarians across Germany, Portugal, and the United States. Our parallel studies comprehensively assess centenarians' physical, cognitive, social, and psychological functioning to create a knowledge base regarding their capacities and needs. A specific focus lies in the investigation of psychological aspects, social resources, and societal/cultural contexts, factors that may contribute to longevity and successful aging. Determining key characteristics of this very old population and investigating similarities and differences across countries is timely and urgent, both from an applied and a policy standpoint.