Psychosocial Rehabilitation Through Intervention by Second Language Acquisition in Older Adults

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Result on the web

<a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10936-021-09805-z" target="_blank" >https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10936-021-09805-z</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10936-021-09805-z" target="_blank" >10.1007/s10936-021-09805-z</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Psychosocial Rehabilitation Through Intervention by Second Language Acquisition in Older Adults

Original language description

The paper deals with a possibility of foreign language learning (FLL) intervention in older adults as a psychosocial rehabilitation method to improve the quality of life (QoL) in this age segment, i.e. the people who are over 55 years. FLL has been researched as a successful tool to maintain or even enhance cognitive functions in older age along with other intentional activities, such as engagement in any physical activity. FLL cannot dramatically improve memory and cognitive deterioration of older adults, however, it can improve QoL by increasing subjective happiness that is connected to improved wellbeing. The research was conducted in two groups of seniors who are engaged in FLL, specifically in the Czech Republic and Poland. The major premise of the research was based on the positive psychology concept, i.e., the subjective happiness leads to improved levels of QoL. Both groups consisted of about a hundred respondents whose opinions were researched by an online questionnaire. The major focus of this questionnaire was to evaluate the level of subjective happiness and then compare the results obtained from the respondents from these two geographically different regions. The findings clearly showed that those who had engaged in FLL had reached high levels of subjective happiness, therefore, their subjective wellbeing could be improved. These results might be important for psychosocial rehabilitation practices because they can create a framework for further non-pharmacological intervention to maintain healthy aging. FLL can thus be a very efficient tool for any psychosocial rehabilitation in older healthy adults who do not suffer from any cognitive pathological development but who are just experiencing negative side effects of natural aging process. The research into this topic is very scarce, and therefore, this paper could be an inspiration for further and larger-scale research. © 2021, The Author(s).

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

60203 - Linguistics

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2021

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Journal of Psycholinguistic Research

ISSN

0090-6905

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

50

Issue of the periodical within the volume

5

Country of publishing house

US - UNITED STATES

Number of pages

16

Pages from-to

1181-1196

UT code for WoS article

000684067500002

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85112262466