Open AccessThe Concept of Successful Aging: A Review Article
Author(s) -
Fatemeh Estebsari,
Maryam Dastoorpoor,
Zahra Rahimi Khalifehkandi,
Azadeh Nouri,
Davoud Mostafaei,
Meimanat Hosseini,
Roghayeh Esmaeili,
Hamidreza Aghababaeian
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
current aging science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.495
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1874-6128
pISSN - 1874-6098
DOI - 10.2174/1874609812666191023130117
Subject(s) - happiness , successful aging , terminology , scopus , context (archaeology) , feeling , perception , psychology , gerontology , medline , medicine , social psychology , political science , linguistics , philosophy , paleontology , neuroscience , law , biology
With the increasing number of elderly people in the world, usage of concepts and terminology related to this phenomenon has substantially increased. One concept in this context is successful aging. The purpose of the present study is to extract and introduce a common concept to be used in studies on measuring successful aging.