Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Lars Tornstam - Uppsala University, Department of Sociology
Description
In 1995 a cross-sectional study of the Swedish population between the ages of 20 and 85 was carried out. In this study, three dimensions of gerotranscendence were approximated and operationalized in three measures: cosmic transcendence, coherence and need for solitude. The general purpose of the 2001 study was to obtain a better understanding of the gerotranscendence patterns when the unlimited age span 65+ is studied in detail.
As in the previous 1995 study, a series of questions/statements were framed in accordance with dimensions of gerotranscendence. Statements measuring the cosmic transcendence included: 'I feel connected with the entire universe', 'I feel that I am part of everything alive', 'I can feel a strong presence of people who are elsewhere', 'Sometimes I feel like I live in the past and present simultaneously', and 'I feel a strong connection with earlier generations'. Coherence was measured by the respondent's attitude to following statements: 'My life feels chaotic and disrupted' and 'The life I have lived has coherence and meaning'. Statements measuring solitude included: 'I
Language
Swedish
Research principal
Responsible department/unit
Department of Sociology
Data contains personal data
No
Unit of analysis
Population
Swedish population aged 65 or older
Time Method
Sampling procedure
Time period(s) investigated
2001-01-01 – 2001-01-01
Geographic spread
Geographic location: Sweden
Research area
General health and well-being, Elderly, Social behaviour and attitudes
(CESSDA Topic Classification)
Social Sciences, Sociology
(The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)
Keywords
Tornstam, L. (2003) Gerotranscedences from young old age to old old age. Online publication from the Social Gereontology Group, Uppsala. http://www.soc.uu.se/publications/fulltext/gtransoldold.pdf
Tornstam, L. (2005) Åldrandets socialpsykologi, 7:e rev. edition. Stockholm: Norstedts Akademiska Förlag. ISBN 91-7227-414-X.
Libris
ISBN:
978-91-7227-414-3
Tornstam, L. (2005) Gerotranscendence. A Development Theory of Positive Aging. New York: Springer Publishing Company.
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Associated documentation
Description
The response rate declined with age from 76 percent in the lowest age category to 53 percent in the highest.Version 1.0
https://doi.org/10.5878/002424
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Data format / data structure
Numeric
Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Lars Tornstam - Uppsala University, Department of Sociology
Variables
70
Number of individuals/objects
1771
Response rate/participation rate
66%