Silver tsunami, positive psychology, and more

Martin Seligman, Abraham Maslow, Carl Rogers, Eric Fromm, and other humanistic psychologists are regarded as the forefathers of the field.1,2"The science of psychology has been far more successful on the negative than on the positive side; it has revealed to us much about man's shortcoming...

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Published in:Asian journal of gerontology and geriatrics 2017-12, Vol.12 (2), p.40-41
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aging
Alzheimer's disease
Brochures
Caregivers
Comic books
Dementia
Diabetes
Education
Frailty
Geriatric psychology
Nursing homes
Older people
Psychology
Quality of life
Sarcopenia
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Summary:Martin Seligman, Abraham Maslow, Carl Rogers, Eric Fromm, and other humanistic psychologists are regarded as the forefathers of the field.1,2"The science of psychology has been far more successful on the negative than on the positive side; it has revealed to us much about man's shortcomings, his illnesses, his sins, but little about his potentialities, his virtues, his achievable aspirations, or his full psychological height,"Maslow said in 1954.3 As a member of the Editorial Board, I earnestly hope that we will be reading more submissions about health in relation to the positive side of being. Yalcin and Silay7 from Turkey assessed the association between sarcopenia and health-related quality of life in nursing home residents. Yalcin A, Silay K. Sarcopenia and health-related quality of life in Turkish nursing home residents: a cross-sectional study.
ISSN:1819-1576
1819-1576