Evaluating Psychological and Psychosocial Factors in Successful Aging

This essay delves into the concept of successful aging, exploring the significance of psychological and psychosocial factors in maintaining health and well-being. It examines the interconnectedness of independence, wellness, and nutrition as key elements of successful aging, emphasizing the importance of maintaining a healthy lifestyle through regular exercise, social support, and a nutritious diet. The essay further investigates the influence of psychological factors, such as beliefs, values, and ethics, and psychosocial factors like work culture and social support, on an individual's health and mental well-being. It highlights the interplay between these factors and offers insights into how they can be integrated to improve health behaviors, enhance the quality of life, and ultimately, promote successful aging for all. The essay concludes by stressing the importance of integrating these factors to create a framework that supports overall well-being throughout the life cycle.

Discuss the statement that ‘we
can all age successfully’ by
evaluating the role of
psychological and psychosocial
factors and their relationship
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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................3
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................5
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INTRODUCTION
In present times it is necessary to bring change in way of living life in better way. This is
because it requires basic needs to be fulfilled in effective way. The basic needs of all people
differ from each other on basis of their age. Health and well being is essential to maintain as it is
related to physical and mental health. There are several factors due to which health of individual
is highly affected. They may belong to social, culture, etc. and highly influence on wellness (do
Nascimento, and et.al., 2020).
In this essay it will be discussed about statement we can all age successfully along with
role of psychological and psychosocial factors and its relationship to health and well being.
MAIN BODY
For human being health and well being are most crucial needs of life. A healthy well being
determine lifestyle of people. However, for all age people health and well being are utmost
priority. There is a statement which says we can all age successfully. So, it means that people of
all age can get a better and healthy well being. Here, there are 3 elements of it which are
independence, wellness and nutrition. Independence means successfully aging is ability of
manage factors of one’s life. So, here it means having ability to make decisions autonomous.
Hence, people who live along may find it difficult to make decisions. Wellness means to
maintain regular exercise and routine. This can be done in a community environment where there
is social support (Eick and et.al., 2020). The group exercise encourage in having interest in well
being. Thus, wellness needs to be maintained in effective way. Here, at last comes nutrition that
means healthy eating. In order to remain healthy people of all age require nutritious diet and
food. This enables in maintaining physical diet. It has been evaluate that nutrition play a vital
role in well being.
Here, all age people can improve their well being with help of psychological and
psychosocial factors. They play vital role in health and well being. In entire life cycle these
factors are highly crucial. It determines well being of person in effective way. Also, it affect on
individual health in different way. Health, well being and illness are interrelated with each other.
They help in living a healthy life. Besides, wellness depends on physical and mental health.
Having a high stress can impact on people mind in negative way due to which he might start
consuming alcohol and it may be against his belief but for better well being he is required to do
so. So, there is negative impact of psychosocial factor on wellness.
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But here main role that is played is psychological and psychosocial factors. It is because there is
relationship between them and health and well being. There are different psychological factors
which highly impact on health of individual. the factors are same for at all age but if it can be
deal correctly and effectively (Fong, and et.al., 2017). These has to be focused on so that proper
strategy is developed in order to find out its role and accordingly developing strategy.
Psychological factor play important role. In this there are various factors that are belief,
ethics, values, etc. related to health. These factors exists within society and shape one’s ability
to make changes. Thus, an individual can be highly influenced due to these beliefs. It can easily
impact on their health and well being. In addition, it shapes health behaviour of individual. for
example- drinking more due to stress or taking decision to quit it on basis of beliefs shape health
behaviour. Therefore, maintaining of health will depend on belief. Also, it is identified that
individual diet, wellness, taking of nutrients are all based on social values. Those whose ethics
does not allow in eating non veg than their well being is different from others. In similar way,
psychosocial factors are those that are work culture, social support, job satisfaction, etc. these all
also impact on health and well being. Here, these all factors affect on mental health directly. For
example – if there is no job satisfaction then it will result in impacting on mental health.
Likewise, if there is no social support as well then individual health will be affected as needs will
not be fulfilled. thus, it require an effective social support as well that can be useful in
maintaining well being. On contrary when there is enough social support available then health
needs are easily fulfilled (Gledhill, Harwood, and Forsdyke, 2017).
It can be evaluated that these both factors us useful in maintaining health and well being.
Here, if all beliefs and ethics can focus on nutrition and wellness than it is easy to fulfil all needs.
Moreover, all age people will be having common values to be followed. Along with it,
psychosocial factors can be used as well in it. by providing job satisfaction, social support, etc. it
can enable in maintaining well being. When these both factors are integrated then it provide a
framework that how well being is to be maintained. It shapes health behaviour of people that
allows in fulfilling their needs. Furthermore, wellness can be analysed by providing healthy and
nutritious food. If working conditions are well then it will allow worker to focus on health. So,
work culture and job satisfaction are key factors in well being. Here, quality of life depends on
beliefs and values (Omidvar, and et.al., 2018).
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Thus, by providing social support in building wellness all age people needs can be fulfilled.
in that emphasis is on changing health behaviour of person so that values and beliefs are not
affected. Alongside, it is essential to manage well being of people that can be done by finding
out what are psychological and psychosocial factor in it. In that there role can be evaluated
which will allow in fulfilling needs. Also, on basis of factors relevant and appropriate measures
can be taken and it will be highly useful in reducing impact on that on health and well being
(Tracy, 2017).
All individual can life healthy life and maintain well being. If both psychological and
psychosocial factors are integrated. By taking relevant measures and developing strategies well
being is maintained. The relationship can be identified and it will be easy to analyse needs and
gaps. With that, it will be easy to fulfil as well. for instance- if beliefs restrict in providing social
support then this can be given to them. besides that, work culture can be improved by providing
job security. Therefore, each factor can be integrated with one another and then things are
modified. By educating as well health behaviour can be shaped. Mostly there is need to make to
find out what are health beliefs and ethics. This is because it helps in understanding
psychological factors in it. so, on basis of that influence of factor is determined.
In later life course it is simple to find out how these both factors are related to well being.
This is because it enable in identifying whether improvement is needed in psychological or
psychosocial one. Their role is easily analysed when things are stated properly. There is need to
change belief of people in context of health so that the statement is proven right. It has to be
change in working culture by developing strategy in it that focus on reducing stress. However, it
is found that not only one factor can maintain well being but there is need of integration of both
factors. for that role of both factor is to be stated in health. Thus, it will be easy to improve it. In
entire life cycle these factors are highly crucial. It determines well being of person in effective
way. Also, it affect on individual health in different way (Vazquez, Pianezolla,. and Hutz,
2018). Here, all age people can improve their well being with help of psychological and
psychosocial factors. They play vital role in health and well being. In entire life cycle these
factors are highly crucial. It determines well being of person in effective way.
CONCLUSION
It can be summarised that successfully aging helps in maintaining proper health and well
being. In this there are 3 elements that are independence, wellness and nutrition. These all
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contribute in physical as well as mental health. The psychological factors such as attitude,
beliefs, values, ethics, etc are related to well being. Any change in these highly impact on health.
Similarly, psychosocial factors like social support, work culture, job satisfaction, etc are also
related to health. They help in shaping health behaviour. There are several measures that can be
taken to minimise impact of factors on health.
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REFERENCES
Books and journals
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Gledhill, A., Harwood, C. and Forsdyke, D., 2017. Psychosocial factors associated with talent
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Omidvar, S., and et.al., 2018. Associations of psychosocial factors with pregnancy healthy life
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Vazquez, A.C.S., Pianezolla, M. and Hutz, C.S., 2018. Assessment of psychosocial factors at
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