A comparative cross-sectional study was carried out about adolescents (23), adults (21) and elders (27) lay conceptions about “elderly person” and “old age”. Seventy-one interviews were conducted. All participants took activities from Maringá – PR’s SESC, and were randomly selected. A lexicographic analysis and descending hierarchical classification involving text (software ALCESTE) were employed. Results: a) elders associated family relations, activity and the “young spirit” idea to the concept of “elderly person”; b) non-elders link “elderly person” to physical and psychological losses, experience and wisdom; c) all participants think of aging as a stage and not as a process, which is objectified by the old person’s character, in oppositi...
The study aimed to understand how elderly from several nationalities who reside in Brazil conceive t...
De forma a contribuir para a compreensão de como as pessoas pensam, elaboram, articulam saberes, e a...
Longevity is a characteristic of the present world. The aging of the population, which had happened ...
A comparative cross-sectional study was carried out about adolescents (23), adults (21) and elders (...
As a response to new demands brought about by aging both in Brazil and in the world as a whole, the ...
A presente pesquisa visou a estudar as representações sociais das pessoas sobre a velhice, o idoso e...
This piece of work has analysed the old age social representations among old people from institution...
This article is a part of a research developed between 2002 and 2003 in the cityof Santa Cruz do Sul...
O trabalho objetiva analisar as percepções de crianças e adolescentes sobre o processo de envelhecim...
Introduction: the concept of activity encompasses the sense of occupation of a person, engage in div...
Some factors have contributed to the increasing of elderly population, as the increased life expecta...
There is no denying that the general population is getting increasingly older in recent decades and ...
The life course is marked by different events and social changes, such as retirement, marriage, bir...
Versão manuscrita.Neste artigo, depois de abordados alguns aspectos teóricos e conceptuais, relativo...
The social representations of aging may differ according to culture. The aim of this study was to co...
The study aimed to understand how elderly from several nationalities who reside in Brazil conceive t...
De forma a contribuir para a compreensão de como as pessoas pensam, elaboram, articulam saberes, e a...
Longevity is a characteristic of the present world. The aging of the population, which had happened ...
A comparative cross-sectional study was carried out about adolescents (23), adults (21) and elders (...
As a response to new demands brought about by aging both in Brazil and in the world as a whole, the ...
A presente pesquisa visou a estudar as representações sociais das pessoas sobre a velhice, o idoso e...
This piece of work has analysed the old age social representations among old people from institution...
This article is a part of a research developed between 2002 and 2003 in the cityof Santa Cruz do Sul...
O trabalho objetiva analisar as percepções de crianças e adolescentes sobre o processo de envelhecim...
Introduction: the concept of activity encompasses the sense of occupation of a person, engage in div...
Some factors have contributed to the increasing of elderly population, as the increased life expecta...
There is no denying that the general population is getting increasingly older in recent decades and ...
The life course is marked by different events and social changes, such as retirement, marriage, bir...
Versão manuscrita.Neste artigo, depois de abordados alguns aspectos teóricos e conceptuais, relativo...
The social representations of aging may differ according to culture. The aim of this study was to co...
The study aimed to understand how elderly from several nationalities who reside in Brazil conceive t...
De forma a contribuir para a compreensão de como as pessoas pensam, elaboram, articulam saberes, e a...
Longevity is a characteristic of the present world. The aging of the population, which had happened ...