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RESILIENCE AND VULNERABILITY IN LATER LIFE
Author(s) -
Martindale Brian
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
british journal of psychotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.442
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1752-0118
pISSN - 0265-9883
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-0118.2007.00018.x
Subject(s) - dependency (uml) , psychology , vulnerability (computing) , psychological resilience , developmental psychology , resilience (materials science) , cognitive psychology , social psychology , computer security , physics , computer science , thermodynamics , systems engineering , engineering
The paper focuses on some psychological factors specific to the psycho‐developmental tasks involved in ageing that may lead to a considerable loss of resilience and psychological breakdown for the first time since becoming adult. Issues connected with the potential increase of dependency, especially physical dependency are often central. The paper gives an account of reasons why this may be more threatening to some than others including the reawakening of childhood failures of dependency and also identifications with disturbing dependency experiences of late life of one’s parents.