Professor Peng Hua Mao "Hello, my white -haired life: the psychological and life of the longevity era" new book recommendation

Author: Peng Huayao

Yu Meiren · Listening to Rain

Song Jiangjie

The young man listened to Yuge upstairs, red candle fainting.

In the middle of the middle, Jiang Kuoyun was low, and the broken geese called the west wind.

Today, listening to the rain monk Lu, the stars have also been stars.

Sadness and joy are always ruthless, before the order, dripping to Tianming.

When I read Jiang Jie's "Yu Meiren · Listening to Rain", I was in a stage of reflection of self, and I felt a lot of emotions for a while. When I read this word when I was young, although there was no red candle and Luo account, my mood was similar to the description described by the poet, and I couldn't experience the mood of the second half of the word. Although he has not been old, he has been engaged in the study of elderly psychology for many years, and the middle age has gradually moved towards psychological self -consistent self -consistent self -consistent self -consistent intentions. The perception of ancient Chinese poetry to the years has confirmed the eight -stage theory of the development of life proposed by Erik Erikson, which is developed by psychologist Erik Erikson. The integration and integrity of this book are the theme of this book around the discussion.

Eriksson believes that the core development task of the elderly is to form an integration understanding of their lives, accept all the achievements and defects, so as to achieve their self -sufficient state. From this perspective, most of us have greatly underestimated the life of the elderly. It not only estimates the importance of its life, but also underestimates the value of the elderly as a more mature individual in society. Elderly psychology research is hoping to modify this prejudice by conducting objective, comprehensive, and systematic research on the elderly.

At present, our country has entered an aging society, and "actively responding to population aging" has become a national strategy. Actively responding to aging needs to integrate national policies, corporate institutions, public opinion, individuals and other levels of response measures. The research of elderly psychology is naturally among them. "Hello, my white hair life" has selected research on cognition, emotions, attitudes, interpersonal relationships, lifestyles, etc. of the elderly. I hope to do some in -depth portrayal of the elderly and the elderly. There are some suggestions for each of us's high -quality old age.

The reason why people have a relatively negative impression on "aging" and "old age" is about the phenomenon of obvious physiological and cognitive functional recession in the elderly. The cognitive function of the elderly declines with age, which is an indisputable fact, but it is not the only fact. On the one hand, basic cognitive functions such as the memory, response speed, and attention of the elderly are declining; on the other hand, complex cognitive capabilities such as decision -making, insight, and problem solving of the elderly are still maintaining or even growing. In addition, there are great differences between individuals, and personal attitudes, concepts, and strategies play a very important role in maintaining cognitive functions. The cognitive function of the elderly still has plasticity. Through positive cognitive exercise, more complicated cognitive activities, such as reading, playing chess, playing instruments, dancing, etc. Essence

When people focus on the "decline" side of the elderly, they may forget that the elderly are also mature adults. They also have their own joy and sadness, ambitions and ideals, desires, and demands. With the decline of physiological and cognitive functions, the narrowing of interpersonal relationships, and the decrease in social resources, is the age destined to become a period of being gradually pessimistic? Psychological research is unexpectedly discovered: the elderly often have a stronger happiness, higher life satisfaction, and more positive emotional experience than young people. This is a almost consistent conclusion about the emotions and life feelings of the elderly in recent years. Social emotional choice theory believes that this is related to the elderly in life with regulating their own emotions and obtaining positive experience as the priority goal. I personally think that this is also one of the manifestations of self -integration in the process of life development. When we have a clearer understanding of the relationship between ourselves and society, we have a clearer arrangement of the priority affairs in our own life, and a wider understanding of the value of life, the quality of life will also increase.

Studies have found that the elderly have a more positive emotional experience, and also found that the elderly will experience negative emotions such as anxiety, loneliness, and depression. In order to improve the level of mental health and reduce emotional problems, interpersonal support from families, friends, and communities is essential. As far as daily life is concerned, family relationships are the most important and core interpersonal relationships for the elderly. There is also friends and other social relations outside the family circle, which is undoubtedly "icing on the cake"; and when the family relationship is lacking or insufficient, social relations such as friends, neighbors, and communities are "giving charcoal in the snow". A large number of studies have found that the more social support from the family and outside the family, the richer the support of resources. The results of the satisfaction, subjective happiness, psychological health, and overall mental state of the elderly, the more positive. In other words, the elderly must "love someone." This is summarized from the perspective of the elderly as a recipient. In recent years, with the proposal of the concept of "active aging", research has found that the initiative of the elderly may play a greater role. For example, how the elderly think of the elderly (aging attitude), how the elderly participate in family and social affairs (social participation), whether the elderly have their own hobbies, etc., are closely related to the quality of life of the elderly. While the elderly "love", they also need to "do something" and "love others."

To achieve self -integration and integrity, it also includes the attitude of adjustment to aging and death. Ellen Langer, a professor of psychology at Harvard University, said that "aging is an instilling concept", which means that we should not be old -fashioned. For help, aging must be resisted and abandoned. Studies have found that these negative stereotypes will have a negative impact on the physical and mental health of the elderly. Breaking all kinds of stereotypes about old age, more flexible and flexible recognition of life will help self -maturity. This maturity will also reflect into our attitude towards death. Studies at home and abroad have found that the elderly have more acceptance and less fear of death, which is probably related to the realization of "no wind and rain, no sunny", and the completeness of life. This book is compiled by the popular science articles of the WeChat public account of the Elderly Psychological Laboratory of Beijing Normal University Development Psychology Institute. This WeChat public account is initiated, settled and operated by my colleague, the close comrades -in -arms of the laboratory. The reason why we open this public account is that there is less understanding of the society and paying less attention to the elderly groups. The scientific knowledge about the psychology of the elderly is introduced too little. Let's introduce the elderly. The public account has been opened in 2015 and has been pushed out of more than 500 science articles. The content involves the cognition, emotion, belief attitude, interpersonal relationship, lifestyle, etc. of the elderly. Thanks to Huazhang's psychological Ms. Liu Liying and Mr. Xiang Ruiyang for the positive planning and promotion, help us select 140 articles from the public account article to integrate, forming the structure of this book. This book includes five parts, involving the cognitive characteristics, psychological needs and happiness, family life, lifestyle, ending and death of the elderly. We hope to let readers approach the lives of the elderly on the basis of understanding the elderly and understanding the elderly, and get some clues about how to make us elegant and old, so as to think about the whole process of life. In these articles, we introduced related research, and we also try to provide some practical and feasible measures and ways. I hope that while telling people to tell people "what" and "why", we also provide a little idea for "how to do" Essence The body research involved in the article refers to the officially published research papers. However, all scientific research has limitations and deficiencies. Some research results and conclusions stated in the article may be difficult to cover all specific circumstances. If the reader thinks that part of the content is inconsistent with the actual situation they have experienced, you are welcome to leave a message in our public account, and you are also welcome to criticize and make suggestions.

The public account article was written by a master doctoral student in the laboratory over the years, and there are also very enthusiastic undergraduates participating in writing. The sorting and modification of this book is completed by the following excellent masters and doctoral students. They are Liu Xueping, Jin Mengzhang, Gao Lin, Xu Hui, Qiang Yuan Yan, Huai Qichen, Liang Yimin, Hou Yali, and Xun Jiawei. Thanks for their hard work and efficient work, and completed the content of the entire book in such a short period of time.

In addition to helping me to complete the design of the entire manuscript and the modification and guidance of the content of the article, I often discuss with me what is the integration of life. The topic of being able to communicate in depth between people and people, let alone in the field of professional work. I have a close friend, and the rest of the life.

Thanks again to Ms. Liu Liying and Mr. Xiang Ruiyang, whether it is planning, starting work, or feedback from the manuscript modification opinion, it is extremely efficient and specific. Without their efforts, this book may not exist at all.

A few days ago, children asked me about "population aging" because of the school test questions. In the discussion with him, I once again felt that this was a complex issue of the whole society and the whole system. The little boy in front of him also emotioned: "It turns out that your work is so meaningful." If our research and social service work is sowing grain seeds, then this book is the little tender buds of these seeds. The soil is half after the soil, and the young buds start to live. I believe it will eventually become a spiritual garden for a lifetime.

Peng Huaimao

February 2022

About the author: Peng Huamao

Professor and doctoral supervisor of the Psychology Department of Beijing Normal University, Deputy Director of the Elderly Psychological Professional Committee of the Chinese Psychology Society, Deputy Director of the Elderly Teaching Research Branch of Chinese Elderly and Senior Medical Society, member of the Elderly Psychological Branch, Scholars of Stanford University, academic journal "Psychological Psychology Development and Education Editorial Committee. It mainly teaches the course of "Development Psychology" and "Elderly Psychology". The research direction is the cognitive function maintenance and promotion of the elderly, the decision -making behavior and emotions of the elderly, the parent -child relationship between the elderly, and the elderly education.

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