Author:

• Cinara Maria Feitosa Beleza - Beleza, CMF - <cinara.maria@hotmail.com>

Co-author(s):

• Sônia Maria Soares - Soares, SM - <smsoares.bhz@terra.com.br>

Abstract:

The study aimed to reflect on the applicability of Kurt Lewin\'s field theory in the conception of aging. This is a reflexive approach to the use of Kurt Lewin\'s field theory to define and legitimize the experience of aging, and as a strategy for qualifying health professionals as mediators in the dynamics of older people\'s groups. It could be observed that the elderly behave according to their perceptions and not according to reality, reacts according to what is comfortable or not with their cognitions. Stimulating the elderly to make positive subjective interpretations of other people, things and the aging process will induce the idea of satisfaction. And the dynamics of groups can provide the development of a collective action of discussion and reflection on aging. In this sense, the applicability of this theory in the experience of aging can value the perception of the elderly themselves as protagonists of interventions and endowed with judgments about well-being and quality of life.

Keywords:

Aging; Aged; Age Groups; Health Promotion.

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